A simple fix to get more Americans to vote. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Americans are notoriously bad at voting, but it’s not because they’re unpatriotic or lazy. It’s because most states make it really difficult to even register to vote. It’s time for the US to join other advanced […]
In the interest of doing something fun and educational, we went out on the street with a map of the United States that we blacked out so you couldn’t see the shapes of the states, and we asked people walking by to name this country. Jimmy Kimmel & Brad Paisley […]
Diet Secrets for Living Past 100 Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zones Solution has traveled the world, studying its many “blue zones”: regions where the local population enjoys exceptionally long average lifespans. […]
It’s a Small, Small World: PTSD as Self-Imprisonment. Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Big Think and the Mental Health Channel are proud to launch Big Thinkers on Mental Health, a new series dedicated to open discussion of anxiety, […]
Scientists race to understand and defeat the coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic. Tune in or stream “Decoding COVID-19” on Wednesday, May 13 at 9/8c on PBS to learn more: https://to.pbs.org/2xnYanv Thumbnail Image: Illustration of coronavirus structure Courtesy CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAMS © 2020 WGBH Educational Foundation
Political news coverage tends to focus on strategy over substance, and that’s making it less likely that the public will agree on big policy ideas when we need them the most. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The Green New Deal is an ambitious proposal that outlines how the U.S. might […]
Ever thought about ruling your own nation? Well of course you have! And you’re not the only one… “Joshua Abraham Norton (February 4, 1818 – January 8, 1880), known as Emperor Norton, was a resident of San Francisco, California, who in 1859 proclaimed himself “Norton I., Emperor of the United […]
The Cuban Missile Crisis began with a photograph. Join the Video Lab! http://bit.ly/video-lab The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world has ever come to all-out nuclear war, and it all started with a photo. On October 15th, 1962, Dino Brugioni, a senior analyst at the newly-formed National Photographic […]
Is democracy really the best form of government? New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- “Now in practice,” says Steven Pinker, “no one has ever developed a democracy that works particularly well if judged in absolute terms. Democracies […]
How Trump and McConnell are changing the country for a generation. Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab President Donald Trump is building his longest-lasting legacy in a place that’s often overlooked: the federal courts. It’s not just the Supreme Court that’s important — it hears less than 100 cases a […]
