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Futurist and learning expert Elliott Masie explains how setting up hackathons can help successful companies find unique and creative solutions.
The planet's life expectancy is up to 71.5 years according to a new study. This is a six-year improvement from 1990.
Instead of outsourcing your company's brand evangelism you can just treat your employees well. Happy employees will advocate for your brand for free.
Today's featured Big Think interview is about hacking... but probably not the sort of hacking you'd expect. Learning expert Elliott Masie explains how Hackathons can help teams develop creative solutions.
Sony Pictures has cancelled the Christmas Day release of the action-comedy film "The Interview" amid terrorist threats that may or may not be linked to North Korea.
Losang Samten: Be Mindful. Be Kind. Be Patient. The Venerable Losang Samten, a renowned Tibetan scholar and a former Buddhist monk, stresses the virtues of being mindful, kind, and patient. […]
A mysterious burst of methane detected by the Curiosity rover has NASA scientists wondering whether it could be a sign of life.
Forget nine lives; if one interpretation of quantum mechanics is right, the cat might have an infinite number of them. Observers are the necessary, but unliked, bouncers in the elegant […]
"What after all, has maintained the human race on this old globe despite all the calamities of nature and all the tragic failings of mankind, if not faith in new possibilities, and courage to advocate them."
Pregnancy comes with lots of changes--particularly for the mothers-to-be. But a new study reveals that men go through some hormonal changes along with their partners.
Feeling is a form of thinking. Both are ways of processing data, one is just faster. Daniel Kahneman's mysterious coinages (System 1 and System 2) show how new language can help sidestep centuries of confusion.
Bill Nye: We May Discover Life on Europa Bill Nye (The Science Guy!) describes the possibility of discovering life on Europa, arguing that we might make such a discovery in […]
It's said that the extinction event was a turning point for mammals, allowing us to thrive and evolve. But this cataclysmic event wasn't a boon for every mammal.
Whereas European countries were once able to tap into their history for subjects for opera, America’s never succeeded in doing the same. That problem comes in part from the decline in opera as a popular, public art form, but also perhaps from the lack of operatically epic subjects to be found in American history. Now, composer David T. Little hopes to create a modern American opera with JFK, a 2-act, 2-hour opera focusing on the life of President John F. Kennedy, whose life and death became defining moments not only for the Baby Boom generation, but also, many would suggest, the hinge upon which all American history turns for the last half century. Set to premier in 2016, JFK as a work-in-progress already raises important questions about how opera (and art in general) can approach history.
Americans are working more and sleeping less, according to a recent study. On top of that we're devoting more time to our daily commutes as well.
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Who launches a nuclear weapon if the president has been killed? Investigative journalist Eric Schlosser explains the chilling history of American nuclear authority and chain of command.
We use words like "fight" and "battle" when we talk about cancer, as if it's an enemy we can conquer if we're strong enough. But a study shows this kind of thought may hurt chances of people taking preventative measures.
“Never try to teach a pig to read,” the saying goes. “It’s a waste of time and it annoys the pig.” But how do you know when you’re at that point? When does attempting to persuade someone do more harm than good?
Florida-based startup Magic Leap has been the talk of the tech world ever since securing a major grant from Google. Now it's hired a respected sci-fi author to help guide their work.