In Japan, kawaii, the love of cuteness, is both culture and science, and it's taking over the world.

Not every butcher's map has a Tenderloin District

When you get enough mass together, Einstein’s theory of gravity causes space to act like a lens. Here are the results. “The first amazing fact about gravitation is that the ratio […]

If new kinds of drugs aren’t developed soon superbugs or antibiotic resistant bacteria could erase all the gains modern medicine has made. Even simple infections would become life-threatening. Fortunately, government plans are tackling the issue and some scientists have already found a few things that can take superbugs out.   

The United States is not only a country of immigrants, but its composition is dramatically changing.

When we acknowledge and formally recognize death in our culture, it is fundamentally a different way of dealing with it than what we usually do.

If the Universe is infinite and full of stars and galaxies, why can’t we see something everywhere we look? “When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead […]

We have an ethical imperative to deploy artificially intelligent robots on the battlefield, says Jerry Kaplan. They keep soldiers off the battlefield and discriminate between civilian and military life.

Tony, Emmy, and Golden-Globe award winning actress and author Mary-Louise Parker on Think Again – a Big Think Podcast, discussing parenthood, Bob Marley, and the limits of empathy. 

What the difference in brain structure between liberals and conservatives? And where do our political convictions come from: rational deliberation, or biological determinism?

Google has announced final design plans for the first modular smartphone, the project Ara. However, Dave Hakkens, who nurtured this idea for a modular device, isn't happy with the final product.

Cooking indoors with solid fuels can lead to a variety of respiratory illnesses, and even death.

A new community planned for Amsterdam will provide all of its own food and energy, without negatively impacting the environment.

How we talk about love has become blurry "low resolution language" (it's life-organizing force is often dissipated on trifles). But looking at richer love language can help us improve our aim. And remind us that universal human rights came from a special kind of love that we all need.  

Kickstarter loves games. Since the crowdfunding site’s inception in 2009, Kickstarter has successfully raised $444 million for this category alone.

It took hundreds of years for Einstein to dethrone him, and even then, he was off by less than 1% of a spectacular prediction.

A cave in France contains man’s earliest-known structures that had to be built by Neanderthals who were believed to be incapable of such things.

Why do so many men default to saying 'I got this' when they really don't?

If free will doesn't exist, is it healthier to believe it does? 

Advancements in stem cells, along with 3D printing technology, have applications in cosmetic safety testing, drug discovery and testing, organ and tissue printing, instant diagnosis and treatment, and so much more. Scientists recently found that baby teeth contain stem cells which can soon be used in these healthcare applications.