In case you missed it from earlier this week, author Sam Harris visited Big Think to discuss his use of the word "spirituality" and the importance of reappropriating powerful terms.

"Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able to produce, not by the worst."

A viral music video featuring several fascinating sound experiments is making its rounds across the internet this week. The song title, "Cymatics," refers to the science of visualizing audio frequencies. 

Even if you're unemployed, it's important to evaluate every offer so as to not sign on for a job that doesn't suit your needs.

Friendly people tend to lead happier lives because they dwell more on positive experiences, defying the strong negativity bias found in humans.

Occupying a place of higher social status keeps you healthier and more resistant to disease, even without the trappings of wealth and power which we normally associate with status.

The founder of MIT's Media Lab imagines a future in which information and knowledge can be delivered to the brain through the bloodstream.

How do these little wonders work? Instant flameless warmth occurs via simple chemistry and iron oxidation. 

Bridesmaids have to walk a fine line between looking good and upstaging the bride. There's also the monumental pressure of being judged by everyone at the service. One expert offers tips for maintaining composure.

XAPO CEO Wences Casares discusses how most of the regulations needed for bitcoin are already in place for gold and other currencies.

As Rolling Stone magazine apologized not once, but twice, for its article last month about a young woman who had allegedly been raped on the University of Virginia campus, we witnessed something rarely seen these days: UVA President Teresa Sullivan, took the high road in responding to the fiasco.

Not a chance. What we’ve found may be a mystery, but it’s definitely not our Universe’s missing mass. “Time takes it all whether you want it to or not, time […]

Futurist Vivek Wadhwa predicts change "at a scale which is unimaginable before," thanks to advances in technologies like robotics and 3D printing. "New trillion dollar industries will wipe out out existing trillion dollar industries," he says. "This is the future we’re headed into, for better or for worse."

Ernie Banks was a Hall of Fame baseball player who spent his entire 19-year career with the Chicago Cubs. Despite his vast personal success, Banks never won a World Series ring.

Fareed Zakaria asks President Bill Clinton if it is possible to learn how to successfully work with others.

Scientists who have spent years writing in highly technical terms sometimes need guidance for how to phrase concepts and processes in ways laypeople can understand.

A resourceful Briton named Daniel Beaumont went on Tinder dates with 32 women who helped him get across the continent.

Torturing a suspect because he or she has knowledge of an imminent attack has more to do with feelings of retribution than the cool-headed utilitarian calculus normally supposed.

The Facebook CEO spoke at a town hall style Q&A and touched on subjects such as his company's role in the community, recent public relations hiccups, and how parents should monitor social media use.

Imagine standing in a bare room in which a small, 4-billion-year-old rock hangs from the ceiling by a thin wire as three vocalists whistle and breathe on it to make it swing. For some people, such a scenario might be the nightmare version of contemporary art run amok, so far “out there” that it’s never coming back.