Search
Latest Articles
The newest essays, interviews, and features from Big Think.
If you want to escape the negativity, head to Kazakhstan.
About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]
Televising the coronation was thought to be an affront to the dignity of the event.
6mins
WIRED founder Kevin Kelly explains why progress often looks like dystopia to the untrained eye.
7mins
Futurist Ari Wallach asks, "how do we want to be remembered?"
When people pick the greatest scientist of all-time, Newton and Einstein always come up. Perhaps they should name Johannes Kepler, instead.
Literature's first utopia shows how far we've come.
For decades, the Communist Party of China has relied on reeducation camps to reform "parasites" and persuade people to support the communist cause.
Democracy is in decline, regardless of how we measure it.
Recent research suggests that Earth’s magnetic field bounced back just as complex life was starting to emerge on our planet.
The Metaverse could be the most dangerous tool of persuasion humanity has ever created.
We all want to have a good, stable relationship with somebody, says Dr. Helen Fisher. So it's important to understand how intense romantic love affects our long-term goals.
John Templeton Foundation
When you don’t know what you’re looking for, it’s easier to miss it.
Yes, NASA's Perseverance rover found organics on Mars. So did Curiosity. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean anything in the search for life.
Perfectionism is on the rise, and its consequences for mental health can be devastating. The Japanese philosophy of "wabi sabi" can help.
Summit Public Schools take a radically different approach to education. And it's working.
Stand Together
Who will lead humanity in the Metaverse? Roblox and Minecraft gamers.
An average undergraduate student in physics is better than the AI.
Was our distant ancestor a biped or not – i.e., human or not human?
These dissolvable pills aren’t meant to be swallowed, though.