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Emer O'Toole has some advice for preparing women for the summer months. The short story writer sprung into (in)action when she saw how ingrained many gender roles had become. 

If I were asked, “do you believe that human beings evolved millions of years ago from ancestors shared in common with gorillas and chimpanzees?” I would answer emphatically and unequivocally: […]

       This is just stunning. In fact, it’s hard to believe it’s true. But the Heartland Institute, a fiercely conservative and libertarian think tank that champions denial of climate change, […]

What's the Big Idea?  Long-time political activist and self-proclaimed "party crasher"Richard Tafel believes that American democracy is under threat. The environmental, economic, healthcare, and political systems we've relied on for decades are […]

TED meetings, Aspen Institutes, SXSW, and Sundance are all billed as “thought-leader gatherings” where “rock stars” emerge from their “silos” to learn about “disruptive” ideas that have been carefully “curated,” […]

A team of astronomers at Johns Hopkins University recently used space and ground-based telescopes to capture the death of a star that was "shredded" by the gravity of a supermassive black […]

A South African model, Jessica Leandra, took to Twitter recently, expressing her anger at being accosted by a man in a store. She said: “Just, well took on a an […]

We are rapidly turning into a nation of drone enthusiasts. According to a recent Freedom of Information Act request from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), there are now 63 drone […]

While literature has been criticized as a corrupting influence at different points in history, recent research suggests that works of fiction draw out the empathy in us, encouraging justice. 

Perhaps the world's most modern instrument, engineers and DJs behind the Reactable are sharing their tracks' layers to make remixing free and easy to anyone who wants to try. 

This past week, Restaurant Magazine, a British F&B trade publication, unveiled its latest list of the world's best restaurants. This annual ranking--properly known as the San Pellegrino World's 50 Best […]

Dr, Michio Kaku: Sadly, the US government will no longer boldly go into space. Its up to private enterprise to now pick up the slack and it appears that is exactly what its doing.

British scientists have created artificial muscles that mimic the actual muscle of squids, helping researchers create active-camouflage clothing and smart skin to regulate our temperature. 

Artist Jonathan Harris describes four trends that are reshaping culture in the digital age: Compression, Disposability, Curation, and Self-Promotion, and takes steps to counteract them.

The reassuring point of Jonah Lehrer’s new book is that neuroscientific research into the human imagination will enable us to engineer environments that foster the creativity that is every human’s birthright, rather than extinguishing it.

United Nations Secretary General, Ban ki moon, was this week in Myanmar, or Burma as Western and some domestic opponents continue to call the country. It is not the first […]

It’s all but a secret these days that online education has developed itself into a hot market as founders, developers and investors get attracted to the vertical and now take […]

Tiffany Shlain is a filmmaker, founder of the Webby Awards, and one of the “Women Shaping the 21st Century” according toNewsweek. Last week, Shlain was honored with a Disruptive Innovation Award at the Tribeca Film […]

While many businesses are predicting big money from Big Data, Peter Fader thinks that today's data analysis tools serve us quite well. There is actually little to gain with more data. 

This interview was broadcast live at bigthink.com at 3:30 PM on Thursday, April 26, 2012.