This could lead to a small 3D printer used by soldiers to quickly make anything needed in the field.
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NGC 1052-DF2 was said to ‘defy theory,’ incorrectly, by many. Here’s what our current theories actually predict. Last week, astronomers announced the discovery of NGC 1052-DF2: a galaxy without dark matter. […]
From gun control to fun control, these were Big Think’s most excellent comments of the week. Be excellent to each other!
“Our kids are ‘wired’ for control. Our role as adults is not to force them to follow the track we’ve laid out for them; it’s to help them develop the skills to find their own way…”
Though conventional wisdom suggests that birth order influences personality, newer research says this isn’t true. What is true is how powerful an effort to remain close to our brothers and sisters as we grow up can be.
Why are we so drawn to supernatural beliefs?
Poachers trade on a black market estimated to total $40 billion. It’s impossible to stop every poacher, but new technology could bolster the efforts of conservationists by putting a set of eyes in the sky.
Innovation is often thought of as the result of rare genius. To create a new solution to an old problem that is both more efficient and practical than older methods […]
A new study highlights how blockchain technology can be a game-changer in education.
What do you make of the image above? Day Glow slippers under a black light? Colorful sleeping bags for a trio of Minions? March of the Radioactive Penguins? Of course, it’s none of the above.
It’s been said that string theory physicist Michio Kaku believes in God, but the truth is it depends on what “God” means.
Can artificial intelligence rival the animal kingdom? We compare the intelligence of four animals to current A.I. capabilities.
Just how equal in size are the populations of Europe and North America?
Figure skating has a lot to do with physics, and here’s what we mean. Also, what’s the difference between all those figure-skating jumps?
The ‘big discovery’ is nothing of the kind. We need a new planet-finding mission to probe the next frontier. Last week, NASA dropped a bombshell that it’s Kepler mission — the greatest […]
A theory proposes that the universe is not speeding up in its expansion but that time is actually slowing down.
Humanity’s greatest-ever view of the Big Bang’s leftover glow has just released their final analysis. Here’s what we’ve learned. It’s been more than 50 years since humanity discovered a uniform bath […]
Computer control in the form of AI and brain-computer interfaces is being introduced to the art of composing.
Want to work out more? Eat more healthily? Quit smoking? These neurons control the fate of your habits.
How useful are the algorithms dating sites use? According to one regulatory agency, not very.
Our best physical theories predict that a multiverse exists. But if we can’t test it, is it really scientific? The Universe is all there ever was, all there is, and […]
The differences between what you are and what you could be are stunning. The human body consists of somewhere around 1028particles, all bound together. The typical human has a mass […]
New studies support the benefits of the Mediterrean Diet.
Researchers figure out why we feel like time is speeding up as we grow older.
Stoicism and Buddhism are two of the oldest, and well known, schools of thought in the world. Would Marcus Aurelius, a famous Roman stoic, be a Buddhist today?
Scientists come up with an explanation for the strange dimming of Tabby’s star and it doesn’t involve aliens.
There’s a big difference between evidence and wishful thinking. The story of how life arose on Earth is one of the great mysteries of modern science. We know, in many […]
And you don’t even need a Delorean at 88 MPH. It’s one of the greatest tropes in movies, literature, and television shows: the idea that we could travel back in time […]
A very useful Venn diagram illustrates this concept perfectly.
A new study of the stone monuments on Easter Island reveals the mysteries of the ancient people who made them.