Long thought incapable of regenerating, we now know that brain cells can grow and reorganize. That, it turns out, is a mixed blessing.
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The information we have in the Universe is finite and limited, but our curiosity and wonder is forever insatiable. And always will be.
When Cameroon’s Lakes Monoun and Nyos exploded, they released clouds of carbon dioxide that suffocated everything in its wake.
Success is about give and take — with a little more give.
“She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”
De-extinction, if it is ever possible, will not be simple.
An interview with CRISPR co-discoverer and Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Jennifer Doudna.
Our temporal experience of the world is not divided into a series of neat segments, yet that’s how we talk about time.
His grandfather, a member of Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb team, foresaw the potential of nuclear energy to power cities — not destroy them.
These core teachings make an ideal starting point for exploring Buddhist philosophy.
We are traveling in a realm that once exclusively belonged to the gods. Space travel will force humanity to rethink everything.
What you can learn about media by parodying it from the print era into the digital age.
Overwashing is bad for skin health, but many people do it anyway. One reason is that our brains intimately associate stink with disgust.
Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, “precrastination,” and Westeros lore.
Of the world’s 300 honey varieties, none is stranger and more dangerous than mad honey.
You open an app and start scrolling, then suddenly it’s an hour later. Sound familiar?
Some neurology experiments — such as growing miniature human brains and reanimating the brains of dead pigs — are getting weird. It’s time to discuss ethics.
For centuries, the only way to travel between the Old and New World was through ships like the RMS Lusitania. Experiences varied wildly depending on your income.
The meaning of the cryptic text has eluded scholars for centuries. Their latest efforts include computational analyses seeking new insights into the medieval enigma.
Zen masters often have strikingly different ideas about how to live and attain enlightenment.
Brain-computer interfaces could enable people with locked-in syndrome and other conditions to “speak.”
Pain makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. What’s puzzling is why so many of us choose to seek out painful experiences.
Is there such a thing as a heroic personality type?
AI systems can carry on convincing conversations, but they have no understanding of what they’re saying. Humans are easily fooled.
The wise, the old, and the experienced matter to a full and happy life.
A new study upends a long-standing theory on how the brain plans motor actions in uncertain environments.
Take a trip through these master-crafted fantasy societies and ask yourself: Could I actually live there?
Stress-busting soundtrack or placebo effect?
Archaeologists turn to other scientific fields to fill in the picture of how victims lived and why they died.