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One side effect of the financial crisis is that developed countries have slashed their aid budgets for the Global South. This may not be a bad thing for some African states. Dambisa Moyo watches a continent rise. - Big Think

Apparently, the Mousavi camp has been waiting for the Itikaf holiday and a giant sandstorm to make their next move. Reza Aslan tells us to keeping watching Tehran. - Big Think

The secularists are stepping out of the wilderness into the blinding light of more or less mainstream America. But a few items have yet to be achieved. Katrina vanden Heuvel blogs. - Big Think

Obama's foray to the Slavic motherland could produce an arms reduction deal, but a multi-racial, uber-intelligent, change-making president doesn't quite translate to the Russian psyche. Michael Idov reports. - Big Think

Making this whole digital age thing work for media has been high on the agenda at the Aspen Ideas Festival this year. One thing is for sure: all content has a price. The Times blogs. - Big Think

Thinking of waiting out the recession in grad school? It could bring you riches and a great job--or cost you dearly and leave you on the dole. Room for Debate blogs. - Big Think

Analyzing cosmic rays and boring holes into polar ice caps is not only fun but also reveals striking patterns of species extinctions. Seed Mag says we may be due for another. - Big Think

Mourning the King of Pop doesn't have to be sad. Try out your best moonwalk with this retrospective. Spin takes us back. - Big Think

Romantic dalliances like a certain Governor's are still overwhelmingly morally questionable to Americans. Gallup polls the faithful and the cheaters. - Big Think

Hospitals will rake in $1.2 trillion over the next decade in healthcare payments. Unfortunately, the riches don't translate to better health. Dean Baker rucks some mud. - Big Think

The big brains Homo sapiens developed eons ago did a lot to make us a species that trucked in ideas, but now scientists have determined our ancestors exchanged ideas only at a certain population density. Live Science takes us back. - Big Think

Metcalfe's Law says a system becomes more valuable as it gets more complex. The financial regulation camp begs to differ. The Boston Globe considers both sides. - Big Think

They're either dramatically repurposing their content or dropping like flies from the corner newsstand--except for one that's doing just fine. The Atlantic reports on The Economist. - Big Think

A very, very smart man prefers paper and pen over the LCD. Curious about his other peculiarities? Join the tour of Oliver Sacks' desk at Columbia. Seed Mag guides you. - Big Think

It's not quite as out of control as real estate was, but with a 440 percent increase in higher ed over the past 25 years, economists and educators are seeing disaster ahead. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. - Big Think

Is the split between scientists and everyone else closing? E.O. Wilson and Steven Pinker respond. Seed Mag reports. - Big Think

The puzzle of intelligence is a bit more clear to Jews, Asian-Americans and West Indians, who have reaped the benefits of statistically higher I.Q.'s for generations. Nicholas Kristof reports. - Big Think

From the Aral Sea to the Grand Canyon, man has altered the biosphere with unchecked savagery in recent decades. Wired monitors it all from space. - Big Think

A historic referendum on E.U. unity rests on the Czech president's desk. How he votes could affect the course of European politics for a long time to come. Time profiles the man. - Big Think

The most glaring trend in public debate in America is not the loss of journalists that inspire people to get off their bums, but the loss of truth-seeking citizens who do the same thing. David Sirota laments. - Big Think

As reductive as political correctness and affirmative action can be, they are good practice for an inevitably more pluralistic future. Ta-Nehisi Coates blogs. - Big Think

Add Pentium processors, external storage drives and 17" screens to the gear list of the newly homeless. The Wall Street Journal reports. - Big Think

Though the stateside bubble has burst, the construction boom in the State Department grows and grows with new complexes in Baghdad, Islamabad and Peshawar. Stephen Walt considers the expense. - Big Think

Beijing is making early moves toward distancing China from the dollar. The result could shift the global currency balance to the east. Business Week reports. - Big Think

We know we've reached a turning point in environmentalism when living lightly garners as much ridicule on Beavis and Butthead as anything else. The New Republic reports. - Big Think

German fashionistas, er, fascists, are boycotting once-popular clothing lines that do not capture their "complex worldview." Der Spiegel goes shopping. - Big Think

Jobless? Poor? Bored? Perhaps it's time to think real hard about happiness again. Simon Critchley writes a primer for feeling your existence. - Big Think

From the Department of What?!--Israel says South America's most impoverished state famed for its coca production is now supplying uranium to Ahmadinejad. Huffpo reports. - Big Think

Just when swine flu was abating, biologists say melting ice could start a process of "genome recycling" that could unleash long-dormant influenza strains. Wired makes a diagnosis. - Big Think

Texas has made strides in allowing lessons on creationism in public classrooms. Many more states look like scenes from Inherit The Wind as well. Seed Mag reports. - Big Think