In an attempt to prove Christianity inferior to communism, a Soviet scientist hoped to play God.
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The popular game has a backstory rife with segregation, inequality, intellectual theft, and outlandish political theories.
The act of observing doesn’t just determine a previously indeterminate state, but can destroy information, too. Imagine that you’re a scientist attempting to understand reality at a fundamental level. How […]
Huge shifts in the workforce demand real-world changes in management practices; “command-and-control” no longer cuts it.
People discovered prehistoric fossils long before Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species.” The remains of these unknown creatures often puzzled their discoverers.
Freethink asks three different kinds of experts to answer this question.
How to say, “In many ways, Proust is similar to Joyce” and get away with it.
Perhaps we should be searching for “other Mercurys” rather than “other Earths.”
With a massive, charged nucleus orbited by tiny electrons, atoms are such simple objects. Miraculously, they make up everything we know.
In physics, we reduce things to their elementary, fundamental components, and build emergent things out of them. That’s not the full story.
The “first cause” problem may forever remain unsolved, as it doesn’t fit with the way we do science.
The far infrared reveals both the coldest and hottest gas in the Universe, and can teach us what no other wavelength range can.
Although social paranoia is more common than clinical paranoia, studies suggests that American society isn’t any more conspiratorial than it has been in the past.
A relatively new interpretation of quantum mechanics asks us to reimagine the process of science itself.
Big Think spoke with AI expert Nick Jennings about the future of regulating fast-evolving AI.
The pseudoscience phrenology swept the popular imagination, and its practitioners made a mint preying on prejudices, gullibility, and misinformation.
Google’s “Genie” could be used to create a wide range of interactive environments for more than just games.
If you’re trying to break a bad habit or start a good one, psychologists have some tips.
Stress-busting soundtrack or placebo effect?
The first human trial of base editing delivered strong results along with some safety concerns.
Whether you’re a leader looking to ramp up team output or just trying to improve your skill set, hard work alone is not enough.
Business advisor Michael C. Fillios has developed a repeatable playbook for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to add value from technology.
Unlock the full potential of your creativity with holistic detachment. This is the way of the editor.
Analog could serve as “always-on” computing, while digital is turned on only when necessary.
Exoplanet LP 791-18d is likely to have an atmosphere and liquid water.
The study was small and didn’t include a placebo group, but there is reason to believe that the drugs really do work.
The best-laid plans of mice and everyone else.
Objective reality exists, but what can you know about it that isn’t subjective. According to some neuroscientists, not much.