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Well, that was an eye-opener. 

Without this one piece of the puzzle, everything we know falls apart. “Is no one inspired by our present picture of the Universe? This value of science remains unsung by […]

Competitive marketplaces are the key to lower healthcare costs in the United States, says Ezekiel J. Emanuel, the chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania

Uncertainty can be a powerful motivator, according to one group of researchers.

The online tool Start A Garden offers amateur green thumbs useful tips for growing veggies no matter where they live.

Google CEO Larry Page recently stated that he’d rather leave his fortune to Elon Musk than give it to charity, arguing that funding Musk’s work with SpaceX will better serve humanity. 

Everything that makes Twitter great also makes it difficult to monetize. As investors flee, the days may be numbered for the Twitter we know and love.

Medical expansion has led people to believe they are less healthy. It seems counterintuitive, but there may be a certain burden of truth that comes with the price of medical advancements.

A psychiatrist has made headlines claiming smartphones are making children “borderline” autistic. Here’s why that’s rubbish:

Researchers cast doubt on a widely held belief that a bully must be physically imposing. Their studies reveal aggressive behavior comes first; strength comes as they mature.

For songwriter and a scientist alike, the delight is in peering into the unknown, reaching in, and pulling some strange, new thing out of the darkness.

Today’s featured Big Think interview is about hacking… but probably not the sort of hacking you’d expect. Learning expert Elliott Masie explains how Hackathons can help teams develop creative solutions.

The first human colonies might not be on the surface of Mars, but amidst the clouds of Venus. “I remember as a kid having a balloon and accidentally letting the […]

Joy Division’s iconic “soundscape” was designed by a Cornell University astronomer.

Our observable Universe is finite, and so is the amount of information in it. Here’s what we may never know. “Despite its name, the big bang theory is not really […]

Beantown beat out Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and the San Francisco Bay Area bids. Local debate has already begun as to whether trying to host the Olympics is even worth it.

It’s the leftover glow from the Big Bang. Here’s what it teaches us, and why you shouldn’t worry about “anomalies” in the CMB. “The radiation left over from the Big […]

Research shows that kids who get to school under their own steam enjoy learning benefits in the classroom. Unfortunately, varying social factors and infrastructural limitations often make such commutes difficult, if not impossible.

Modern technology has provided us with a seamless way of life, but we’ve also become accustomed to taking shortcuts.

It’s the richest lottery game in the USA. When is it worth it to play? “I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you […]

Jason Gots explores issues of authenticity and the true self, inspired by his deep dive into the podcast ocean.

Author and entrepreneur Andrew Keen argues that the free business model employed by Google and Facebook is “the original sin” of the Internet and that it’s corrupted everything around it.

How, with a sunny solstice, you can figure out how much our planet is tilted! “Soon the earth will tilt on its axis and begin to dance to the reggae […]

The future of stars like our own, in a story only pictures can tell. “I lie on the floor, washed by nothing and hanging on. I cry at night. I […]

We’ve only ever seen 2nd-generation stars and later. Until, just maybe, now. “For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” […]

It’s the greatest source of energy in the Universe, and yet we had no idea until less than 100 years ago. “The sun is a miasmaOf incandescent plasmaThe sun’s not […]

The Universe is full of surprises. These are the biggest, plus what they mean. “Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.” –Boris Pasternak So it is in […]

A major psychology journal has banned the use of the near-universally adopted practice of significance testing, citing recent evidence of the technique’s unreliability. What will be the fallout for psychology as a field?

All day long people everywhere say the wrong thing, or they say the right thing, but in the wrong way. Hazard pay should be offered to people whose jobs require […]

Life coach and author Tony Robbins had entered the world of personal finance with his latest book.