Memorial day is a time to remember veterans killed in the line of service. These spaceflight heroes deserve to be remembered, too.
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HaptX gloves provide high-fidelity touch feedback of virtual spaces (and they look cool, too).
Society-changing ideas form through a three-stage process, argues author Michael Bhaskar.
From action shots to locking down the perfect lighting, you can master the art of photography with these online lessons.
The photometric filters for the Vera Rubin Observatory are complete and showcase why they are indispensable for astronomy.
Price gouging is prohibited in 34 US states and Washington D.C. But two scholars ask whether that's the way it should be.
Combining various mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) can have numerous health benefits, according to new research.
Transport yourself to other worlds and states of mind.
In any sufficiently large protest, police officers may "kettle" protesters. Critics say it violates human rights, while advocates claim its one of the few safe tools available to police during a protest.
First of a 3-part series about future technologies and their role in human flourishing.
Climate change stands to take the one thing away from us that might make it easier to deal with, cheap beer.
The controversy around the Torah codes gets a new life.
This parody documentary skewers both the skeptic and the superstitious, and accurately shows what issues skeptics face.
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A former Vatican ambassador has accused Pope Francis and other church leaders of wittingly covering up sexual abuse, an unprecedented accusation that highlights escalating tensions within the Catholic Church.
President Trump has placed retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.’s closest allies. His justification for this policy is national security and the protection of America’s businesses. But history has shown us that trade wars don’t put America first.
Asteroid strikes and supervolcano eruptions may yet have patterns to them, but the extinctions we’ve experienced appear to have occurred at random. Throughout the history of life on Earth, there have […]
DEFCON hackers find it’s really easy to hack U.S. voting machines.
Another week, another chance to stick our comment-boots on and wade out deep into the Big Think Facebook page to cherry pick our favorites for the week.
Is it good science in practice or just a smokescreen?
The Los Angeles Hope Festival is the celebration and examination of hope and optimism, two paradigmatic mental attitudes that play a vital and influential role in our daily lives.
Respectability politics makes us comfortable. It hoists us up on our high horses, and takes away our responsibility for the way we treat other people. It puts the burden on the marginalized person to adjust their appearance or behavior to earn respect from the majority.
Sotheby’s will auction off 380 pieces from Bowie’s collection later this year. The collection is “eclectic, unscripted, [and] understated,” according to Sotheby’s European chairman Oliver Barker.
If all the rational arguments argue against American gun culture, then the irrational (sometimes creepy) ones must be to blame for our fatal firearms attraction.
How we’ll directly take pictures of Earth-like planets in the future! “We stand on a great threshold in the human history of space exploration. If life is prevalent in our neighborhood […]
Biases and flaws are like foreheads — it’s easier to see others’ than your own. So our most cherished beliefs should be tested by rigorous bias-balancing processes.
Is it like that Corn God myth? Do you devour them?
While many people believe sugar makes kids hyperactive, this theory has long been debunked by research. However researchers are only just beginning to understand the complex relationship between glucose and learning.
Scientific innovation is not only one of America’s greatest successes, but also what makes America great.