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One particular revolution was so important, that at least one historian thinks the 20th century officially began in 1914 and ended in 1991.

The credibility problem facing the biomedical and public health establishment is, at least in part, a product of its own making.

And either way, is energy or information conserved? When two things in the Universe that “always” occur meet one another, how do you know which one will win? Gravitational waves, […]

Scientists are befuddled by where the shark gets most of its food.

There are pros and cons to owning a pet as a marginalized individual.

From high school through the professional ranks, physicists never tire of Newton’s second law.

Your health and the health of the planet are not indistinguishable.

Not nearly well enough. And we should all be concerned. In 1859, the science of solar physics truly began with the largest eruption in recorded history: the Carrington event. Prior […]

For the past 150+ years, the big ones have all missed us. But at some point, our good luck will run out.

Watch the plasma slide down the prominence like a roller coaster! Our Sun, despite it’s outward appearance as a perfectly hot sphere, is anything but uniform. When take a closer look […]

When you mix science with speculation, you get speculation. But the underlying science is still real. Whenever you hear the phrase, “it’s just a theory,” it should trigger alarm bells in […]

Science can teach us so much about our planet, but something more must compel us to take care of it. If you want to understand our planet, the best way to […]

Have any of the stars we can see burned themselves out completely? When we look out across the Universe, we’re also peering back in time. In the early 21st-century, we’ve […]

And could Earth-based life provide the seeds for biology elsewhere? Today, on Earth, there’s an enormous variety and diversity of life on our planet. Every single surviving lifeform appears, in […]

Expert opinion is divided on how effective riots can be on causing social change. However, these five examples show they can do something.

What qualifies someone for the top position in American government?

Trump is #45 but Pence is #48 – and other strange consequences of the curious office of vice president.

Austro-Japanese aristocrat Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi later concentrated on plans for Pan-Europe.

Clinical trials by Janssen Pharmaceuticals showed troubling results.

Big Think’s co-founder and CEO, Victoria Montgomery Brown, offers six pieces of advice to founders in her forthcoming book.

Does a person still get to be “the honorable” if they are tossed out for not being honorable?

We’ve known this virus was coming. We just didn’t do anything about it.

The stereotype of the unfeeling researcher in a lab coat just isn’t true.

For the third time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives voted to impeach a sitting U.S. president.

Just for giggles, would it be a good idea to have our leaders take shrooms?

Your microbiome begins in your mouth. Why don’t we look there more often?

David Bienenstock has made it his mission to keep the history of cannabis alive.

Within the next billion years, the Magellanic Clouds might merge with our galaxy. But the new stars are already here. Within the Milky Way, there are only a few instances of […]

The NSF’s new, cutting-edge solar observatory shows us the Sun as never before. Here’s why we need to know. On December 12, 2019, the world’s most powerful solar observatory — the National Science […]

The images themselves will take your breath away, but the science we can extract from them is truly revolutionary and spectacular. Dark matter may be one of the most mysterious […]