This year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony sends yet another strong message to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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Memory, responsibility, and mental maturity have long been difficult to describe objectively, but neuroscientists are starting to detect patterns. Coming soon to a courtroom near you?
Financial illiteracy can become a significant problem. But it’s a problem with a clear solution.
A small Ohio town tried to escape America’s addiction to rectangular grids. It didn’t last long.
In 1054, a core-collapse supernova occurred 6500 light-years away. In 2023, JWST imaged the remnant, and might solve a massive mystery.
There will always be “wolf-criers” whose claims wither under scrutiny. But aliens are certainly out there, if science dares to find them.
Being more creative doesn’t require a ‘Muse.’ It’s about pairing intelligence and imagination.
No matter how good our measurement devices get, certain quantum properties always possess an inherent uncertainty. Can we figure out why?
Scientists observe how the halves of the brain keep us informed about everything everywhere.
An X-ray offers a glimpse into the painter’s early years.
When boredom creeps in, many of us turn to social media. But that may be preventing us from reaching a transformative level of boredom.
The cost of seeing yourself as a thief is pretty steep, the results of a 2019 study suggest.
The Antarctic Treaty of 1959 prohibited nations from making new land claims on the continent. But it never mentioned claims from private individuals.
The management of fear is a core leadership skill in today’s globalized world — and the task is not as daunting as you might expect.
If you’re a massless particle, you must always move at light speed. If you have mass, you must go slower. So why aren’t any neutrinos slow?
Five times in U.S. history, American presidential candidates have ascended to leadership despite lacking the popular vote. Here’s how.
Many contrarians dispute that cosmic inflation occurred. The evidence says otherwise.
The strange case of cultured ultra-thief Stéphane Breitwieser — who claims “art is my drug” — has divided opinion. Is it Stendhal syndrome?
Searching for truth in unorthodox ways can be a valuable exercise. But Anatoly Fomenko’s alternate world history is just plain weird.
Philosophers Massimo Pigliucci and Greg Lopez discuss how Stoicism can help us gain perspective on our emotions and act with intention in the world.
The sharpest optical images, for now, come from the Hubble Space Telescope. A ground-based technique can make images over 100 times sharper.
For people with hard-to-treat depression, a non-invasive technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can provide relief.
Hybrid animals emerge when two different species from the same family reproduce. For many years, the kunga’s lineage was just another genetic mystery.
Hint: They hold off on talking about their alien god until much later.
Big Think guest writer Rory Stewart — former UK Secretary of State for International Development and co-host of The Rest Is Politics podcast — made a profound discovery about leadership while working with GiveDirectly.
“In our studies, people who are more intelligent don’t mind wander so often when the task is hard but can do it more when tasks are easy.”
Want to write a time-travel story? Do so at your own risk.
AI systems can carry on convincing conversations, but they have no understanding of what they’re saying. Humans are easily fooled.
Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.
In an attempt to prove Christianity inferior to communism, a Soviet scientist hoped to play God.