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The British Broadcasting Corporation has sparked outrage for hosting an online debate asking people if homosexuals should face execution - in response to laws being discussed in Uganda.
Surgeons in Brazil are attempting to remove up to 50 sewing needles from a 2-year-old boy who suffered abuse at the hands of his stepfather and two unidentified women.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has announced that the Western military bloc was not prepared to compromise with Russia over Georgia.
"The creation of crimes after the commission of the fact," Alexander Hamilton wrote, "and the practice of arbitrary imprisonments, have been in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments […]
The Carter Center, the home base of ex- president Jimmy Carter, is best known for its peace summits and election observers. But the Atlanta based organization has used its ability […]
British comedian Stephen Fry is best known for his work as an actor, writer and, more recently, a new media aficionado, with some million-plus Twitter followers eagerly awaiting his every […]
Who needs proper porn when one can read Chaucer? Both might make us feel good in diverse ways, but assumptions that the afterglow of old poetry is uniquely cerebral are […]
NEW YORK, NY -- Shortly after explaining the art of made-up journalism in a video interview with Big Think, Joseph "Joe" Randazzo, lead editor of The Onion, died on Wednesday […]
This morning astronaut Leroy Chiao spent some time with us at Big Think to chat about his four tours in outer space and his role as director at Excalibur Almaz, […]
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Multitasking and taking on too much took a toll on quality control.
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As a feminist blogger, she had to learn to "not take the haters too seriously."
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The popular blogger might have missed her calling if she listened to a high school teacher.
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The founder of Feministing.com had to make a tough decision to censor some of the more hateful comments on her blog.
If you want to speculate about an alternate-universe world without intelligent primates (and who doesn't?), then your thoughts must turn to the octopus. Because the octopus has a large and […]
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The NASA climatologist argues that a steadily increasing carbon tax will help businesses in the long-term and explains why Exxon Mobile’s CEO has been among the first to realize this.
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The climatologist explains why getting just one state to embrace a different model for reducing greenhouse emissions could prove a smarter approach for the rest of America.
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The NASA climatologist outlines how and when the accumulation of greenhouse gases will make Earth uninhabitable for our species—and why human life cannot be transferred to a different planet.
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The head of NASA’s Goddard Institute explains fourth generation nuclear power, and harnessing this technology will be pivotal for America’s future.
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Keep doing exactly what the U.S. Government is doing and you’re off to a perfect start. The NASA climatologist explains why the cap-and-trade proposal only represents the interests of the […]
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The NASA climatologist outlines the only carbon tax that can effectively curb greenhouse gas emissions—one that is being done in Vancouver, BC, and gives all the tax money back to […]