Search
Latest Articles
The newest essays, interviews, and features from Big Think.
Building on the studies of Joseph-Louis Lagrange, a picture of coherent structures in fluids is emerging using advanced technologies.
Residents in Auckland, New Zealand are up in arms about a “creepy” giant statue of Santa Claus sporting plastic surgery installed in the city centre.
Exam-marking by computers shows that the rules of grammar can hamper good writing – but are machines qualified to make literary assessment?
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is encouraging Cuban scientists to “bomb clouds” with aircraft in order to stimulate rainfall during sever droughts.
A new book by Osama Bin Laden’s first wife and son give an insiders’ view on one of the world’s most notorious terrorists.
President Obama has ruled out the setting of binding targets for tackling climate change at the Copenhagen summit next month.
Since the Republican Party's historic defeat in the 2008 elections, American conservatives have been seeking new ideas to rally around, new leaders to point the way forward. One year later, […]
You’ve probably tasted it. You may have even liked it. And if you did, you weren’t alone. But as Buffalo Chicken becomes one of America’s favorite snacks, the city for […]
For centuries, the dominant image of college in America has been that of a secluded campus, full of 18-22 year-olds educating themselves for the future. Yet, as Big Think’s recent […]
In 1968, a highly-respected population biologist at Stanford named Paul Ehrlich published a best-selling book called "The Population Bomb," warning of global famine as the global population grew faster than […]
4mins
According to Columbia grief therapist Dr. Katherine Shear, we shouldn't mourn his passing from relevance just yet.
6mins
The grieving process, says the Columbia psychiatrist, doesn't happen in defined stages; it's about breaking an "attachment system."
8mins
Is grief an illness? When does "normal" grief become clinical? Columbia's Dr. Katherine Shear shares insights from her groundbreaking research.
3mins
Bereavement expert Dr. Katherine Shear reveals what happens inside the grieving brain and offers strategies for coping with loss.
4mins
Columbia bereavement therapist Dr. Katherine Shear discusses her personal encounters with the emotion at the heart of her work.
5mins
If a tiger ran in the room, says Dr. Katherine Shear, we'd all have one. Fortunately, like the tiger, panic attacks can be tamed.
1mins
Duke University Professor Donald H. Taylor, Jr. says the worst health care policy option is the status quo.
It is becoming increasingly common knowledge that our world is on the brink of an unprecedented environmental crisis. However slow the reaction has been, it is beginning to take tangible […]
In what was a remarkable turnaround—and a huge victory for progressives—last week, the House of Representatives passed a health care reform bill that includes a provision for a government-run program, […]