The U.S. obesity rate has skyrocketed in the last decade and companies see an opportunity in marketing to obese people. But they shouldn't take it.
The adult illiteracy rate in New Orleans is nearly twice the national average. A student-driven program called Big Class is changing that.
Watch these Tea Party activists spit in their gift horse's mouth.
There's a seismic shift in how large companies they are envisioning their own internal real estate. That shift is toward mobility.
Bigger forks and heavier bowls might sound supersized, but they could actually cut down on portion sizes.
In a ten-week series called Think Science Now, web site Big Think welcomes shameless nerding out with ten interviews from the world's leading...
With Netflix streaming on the rise, pricey movie theaters are less and less attractive. Let's lower film budgets and thus ticket prices.
For 67 years, Pictures of the Year International has awarded excellence in the field of photojournalism, highlighting the photographers whose...
The biggest billboard in the world. 400 meters long. 20 meters high. In Dubai. Where else?.
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GOOD presents an alphabetical list of the people and ideas that will shape your future.
The architects at Single Speed Design have made this gorgeous house from material salvaged from the Big Dig, Boston's infamous, $22 billion...
The folks at Big Think have put together a great series of videos for Valentine's Day on the concept of love. You can watch Stephen Fry discuss...
The Big Caption blog describes itself as "a complement to The Big Picture wherein jokes and statements are made using typography," meaning that it...
You think you're so smart, don't you? Well, can you pass an IQ test, from Japan? Read the rules and try it. We would clearly be much less...
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If you haven't lived under a rock for the last couple of years, your life has probably been touched by Apple in some way. You know, what with...
What costs $6.7 billion and 13,000 man hours to recreate? The conflagrated conditions of the universe when it was only one trillionth of a second...
Chinese artist Gary sets the tone for GOOD 010: The China Issue with "Guangzhou Big Project," a large collage piece.
Outkast have never been afraid of pushing boundaries and breaking with established norms. And, as Idlewild demonstrated, they have a taste for the...
If you're a soccer fan (are you? any GOOD readers like the beautiful game?) you probably know that the Champions League is a big deal. It pits the...
Why we need to forgive Detroit-and reform it
Talk of a fresh auto-industry bailout caught fire last week when the Barack Obama raised the issue...
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