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The fabric of spacetime is four-dimensional, with three for space and only one for time. But wow, time sure is different from space!

“People will claim that something is rigorous because it’s by an authority figure or it’s written in a book. But anyone can write a book.”

A look back at the rise of solar power in the US and what’s next.

A member of a species that kills trees, this mushroom is not the first to be called the Humongous Fungus — and perhaps not the last.

The psychology of people who cut off all communication—and how that affects their partners.

LHC scientists just showed that spooky quantum entanglement applies to the highest-energy, shortest-lived particles of all: top quarks.

New research from Big Think+ on what scares your future leaders.

Traveling back in time is a staple of science fiction movies. But according to Einstein, it’s a physical possibility that’s truly allowed.

Although we still don’t know the question, we know that the answer to life, the Universe, and everything is 42. Here are 5 possibilities.

Jamie Blakey, a champion for lifelong learning, unpacks the intricacies of building a robust learning culture that pervades an entire organization.

One home was printed in 28 hours. Now, Alquist 3D is building 200 more.

The best autonomous car may be one you don’t even need to own.

The material is both stronger and lighter than those used to make conventional power plant turbines.

“No matter how long you’ve been doing a job or how good people say you are, you need to care as if you’ve never done it before.”

Cody Delistraty explores if laughter can help alleviate the physical symptoms of grief.

Meta and NYU’s robot can navigate and clean rooms it’s never seen before.

“I grew up in New Jersey in the 1970s and that experience gave me everything I needed to become a skeptic.”

His career helped define humanity’s place in the world by bringing us “a little closer” to our ape relatives.

Famed activist Bayard Rustin constantly faced the dilemma of coordinating collective pursuits among diverse groups of people.

A rift in thinking about who should control powerful new technologies sent the brothers on diverging paths. For one, the story ended with a mission to bring science to the public.

Research suggests curiosity triggers parts of the brain associated with anticipation, making answers more rewarding once discovered.

Data. It’s loved by some, feared by many, but there’s no arguing that it’s an essential tool in a leader’s toolkit. But how do we turn numbers into knowledge?

Finally, an AI that can drive a digital car as a goat.

The Reitoff principle gives us permission to “write off” a day and intentionally step away from achieving anything.

A sober look at a wild conspiracy theory that argues the Middle Ages never happened.

Archaeologist Bernard Frischer spent decades uploading the ruins of the Eternal City to the cloud. Here’s what it looks like.

Inspired by the shape of a New Caledonian crow’s beak, researchers created a new 3D-printed prototype of tweezers.

All of the matter and radiation we measure today originated in a hot Big Bang long ago. The Universe was never empty, not even before that.

The late philosopher suggested adding a couple of “Occam’s heuristics” to your critical thinking toolbox.

To break “analysis paralysis,” reduce the number of available options — and introduce an element of chance.