Coffeehouses were once places where academics would gather to learn. For the price of a coffee, you could get yourself quite an education.| Big Think
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.| Big Think
Congolese uranium fueled the Manhattan Project, exposing the ties between colonial exploitation, global warfare, and propaganda.| Big Think
In "Dinner with King Tut," Sam Kean examines how a burgeoning field is recreating ancient tasks to uncover historical truths.| Big Think
Want to study philosophy but skip some of its heavier tomes? These five novels are a great place to start. (Existential despair guaranteed.)| Big Think
An interview with with philosopher Idil Galip on why memes are one of today’s most powerful forms of communication.| Big Think
In the early 1900s, some Americans feared that teddy bears would not instill maternal instincts in girls, thereby causing "race suicide."| Big Think
From medieval myths to Shakespeare's plays and modern cinema, British culture has kept the Roman Empire alive long after its fall.| Big Think
From tribal hunts to Stonehenge and into the modern day, the peer instinct helps humans coordinate their efforts and learning.| Big Think
The tonal Navajo language differentiates words based on pitch and makes Spanish conjugation look like child’s play.| Big Think
Animator and animation historian Tom Sito explains where new animated styles came from and how they develop over time.| Big Think
Chess was once blamed for triggering insanity, suicide, and even murder. Today, the same is said of video games. We learn little from history.| Big Think
Before fame, Kurt Vonnegut wrote a master's thesis on the shapes of stories for the anthropology department at the University of Chicago.| Big Think