In 2023, data from the James Webb Space Telescope soured hopes that TRAPPIST-1 c had an atmosphere. That disappointment might have been premature.
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Make Sunsets is bringing solar geoengineering from sci-fi to reality.
An interview with CRISPR co-discoverer and Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Jennifer Doudna.
The mind-blowing theory that everything is evolving—from minerals to music—explained in 3 minutes by a Carnegie scientist.
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Research suggests parenthood helps couples tune into each other’s minds and emotional states.
Ocean fertilization is extremely controversial, but if done correctly, it just might work.
A poignant, 2,000-year-old burial in northern Italy could be the latest evidence of an ancient friendship.
We spend over a third of our lives at work, yet the global workplace is often not a happy place. The solution may lie with our feelings of attachment.
Frozen adversity set the stage for an explosion of diversity.
If Einstein couldn’t solve the theory of everything, could anyone? Physicist Michio Kaku explains what it would take.
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They call it “Judo T-cell therapy,” and it’s 100 times more potent than regular CAR-T cells.
It could prevent sun damage and help chemical burns heal faster.
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An expert in conflict and communication, Amy Gallo combines management research with practical advice on how to improve relationships and excel at work.
Meta and NYU’s robot can navigate and clean rooms it’s never seen before.
“The Big Map of Who Lived When” plots the lifespans of historical figures — from Eminem all the way back to Genghis Khan.
Just eight of Etched’s Sohu chips could replace 160 Nvidia GPUs.
Big Think covered the 2012 study shortly after it was published. We are now correcting the record.
A college education currently provides roughly a 10% rate of return, beating the long-term performance of equities.
A new drug inhibits a human enzyme that coronaviruses hijack in order to replicate.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
AIs can imitate but not innovate — for now, at least.
The bots started as windpipe cells, yet they helped nerve cells repair and grow.
According to Peter Ward’s “Medea hypothesis,” photosynthesizing organisms regularly doom most life on Earth by over-consuming carbon dioxide.
People with higher immune resilience live longer, resist diseases, and are more likely to survive diseases when they do develop.
In “Life As No One Knows It,” Sara Imari Walker explains why the key distinction between life and other kinds of “things” is how life uses information.
Freethink’s weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring a stranded space factory, Jeff Bezos’ new moon lander, and more.
It’s an agricultural moonshot: Scientists hope to increase plant yields by hacking photosynthesis, the process that powers life on Earth.
Carnivorous plants fascinate as much now as when their gruesome diet was first discovered.
The documents that convicted the infamous traitor were all kept in this unassuming leather pouch.
A medical entomologist points to metabolism, body odor, and mindset.