The Present

Researchers believe that war exacerbates climate change, threatening the environment and making future wars more likely.

Antisocial is a deep dive into the extremist views.

New research suggests the ocean current that delivers warm water to Europe has a one-in-six chance of halting temporarily over the next hundred years, potentially resulting in freezing temperatures.

What is the hive mind? Turns out there are antisocial and prosocial dimensions to it.

Just point the Nix at your surface of choice and within seconds, this eagle-eyed sensor analyzes the pigment and points you to the closest color matches from all the biggest paint brands.

What’s key to successfully expanding your team? A leader who can hire smarter, not faster.

Few career moves can make as immediate an impact as adding some advanced certifications to the resume. Meanwhile, the right certifications can increase your salary by as much as 40%.

More than ever before, we’re aware of the tragedy and suffering that goes on in the world. But does that mean we can do more about it?

A punishment is handed down for performing shocking research on human embryos.

Next up on the countdown at #2, the world’s next superpower might just resurrect the Middle Ages.

We’ve got five great eBook bundles that can get you working in five of the hottest tech fields around, all at a fraction of their original price.

A photo showing two Alabama police officers bragging about a “homeless quilt” made from confiscated panhandling signs raises questions about the constitutionality of panhandling.

You’ve likely heard of solar energy, but what is osmotic energy?

Study identifies predictors of which students are likely to do well in education.

Third on the Big Think 2019 countdown reveals this is what the world will be like if we do not act on climate change.

Taking the fourth spot on Big Think’s 2019 top 10 countdown is the question: Evolutionarily speaking, is being gay still something of an enigma?

Christmas Day is the least popular birthday in several countries.

Does a person still get to be “the honorable” if they are tossed out for not being honorable?

The racing plane is hoped to be the fastest electric plane in existence.

Continuing the countdown, Big Think’s seventh most popular video of 2019 explains why universal basic income will hurt the 99%, and make the 1% even richer.

Big Think’s eighth most popular video of the year reveals what the real future of war could look like.

Clinical studies are underway. How we treat them moving forward matters.

Simple changes to your holiday decorations, gifting or travel can make the festive season more sustainable.

From “if-by-whiskey” to the McNamara fallacy, being able to spot logical missteps is an invaluable skill.

An online tool listed the home of the Black Panther as a trading partner of the United States.

With the realization that overdue charges disproportionately affect access for low-income readers, libraries are reconsidering the value of fees.

For the third time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives voted to impeach a sitting U.S. president.

Iceland has closed almost 88% of its gender gap and increased its lead over second-ranked Norway.

Recent research estimates that the growth of emissions slowed down to 0.6 percent in 2019. However, this still means that humans released more CO2 into the atmosphere in 2019 than in any other year.

Interpreter, Google’s language translating tool, is coming to mobile and it’s poised to change our everyday conversations.