Darwin literally said that many of the social instincts, as he called it, of the animals are represented in our human morality.

Darwin may not have seen that a seemingly altruistic primate can also be quite disastrously aggressive. 

Because two thirds of all countries in the world have abolished the death penalty, the majority of executions happen in just five countries—China, Iran, North Korea, Yemen, and the United […]

New research suggests that the "green" part of "greenhouse effect" is really working. While having more plants may sound good, it's still not clear how or whether desert areas will be affected.

This image, courtesy of Reporters Without Borders, rates countries based on the state of freedom of the press. 

Writer Kyle Hill does his civic duty by providing some perspective, along with a link to the document containing the exact amounts of insects (and insect parts) the FDA considers acceptable for consumption.

MIT's Solar System software combines several sources of data to create a map that can predict the annual yield of a panel array installed at a given location.

You can create mental machinery for decision making.

An investor-relations specialist, Laura Rittenhouse has compiled an annual survey of CEO shareholder letters since 1999 that ranks 100 big companies based on seemingly unquantifiable metrics relating to corporate culture […]

University of Florida researchers have developed a six-inch-long, lightweight vehicle that can fly over, under, and through a hurricane while sending information in real time.

You only live once. So don't be an idiot.

What I advise you to do is to actually go off-piste, and find ways to interact with people outside of your field.

I've come up with many business ideas for my startups by attending conferences that are outside my realm.  

In an effort to increase the number of riders on public transit, the city is offering $220 off the price of the bikes, which are much easier to carry on and off buses and trains.

A procedure makes eating sollid food so painful that dieters will be forced to stick with a liquid diet. 

We need to search for disconfirming evidence to correct mistakes. 

Picturing success will increase your optimism and increase your confidence, which will then help you out. 

Maria Konnikova, author of Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes joined us for a Google+ hangout to discuss ideas from her Big Think Mentor workshop of the same name.

The Environmental Defense Fund developed a market-based proposal to reduce the omissions of sulfur dioxide, the cause of acid rain. 

Through policy we can make capitalism work for the things that we need to survive as people on this fragile planet that we share.