Researchers estimate there may be as many as ten million trillion trillion phages on Earth — that’s 10 with 30 zeros after it.
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Imagine Flipper trained in the art of espionage.
Our huge, expanding Universe may truly be infinite. But if the set of possible quantum outcomes is also infinite, which “infinity” wins?
The science fiction dream of a traversable wormhole is no closer to reality, despite a quantum computer’s suggestive simulation.
Neuroscience supports the notion that an escape from conventional perspectives can be a gateway to spectacular insights.
Yushiro Kato — the 32-year-old co-founder and CEO of manufacturing platform CADDi — offers his most valuable leadership learnings.
“Even with my training, I still got insights from the book’s descriptions. That’s how good Carroll is at explaining physics.”
“At that time, it was just a wild idea, […] that instead of just a loss of consciousness, anesthetics may do something to the brain that actually turns pain off.”
Lawmen and outlaws were often the same people.
A study involving nearly 2,000 people found links between personality traits and the likelihood of moving toward or away from dementia.
If words are really only 7% of communication, then why would anyone need to learn a foreign language?
Luck doesn’t fall from the sky. It’s about how you position yourself for life’s challenges.
It doesn’t matter how ridiculous a lie is. As long as it is repeated often enough, some people will believe it.
Joe Betts-LaCroix — co-founder and CEO of Retro Biosciences — talks to Big Think about invention, authenticity, and Sam Altman’s “art of the startup.”
The hot Big Bang is often touted as the beginning of the Universe. But there’s one piece of evidence we can’t ignore that shows otherwise.
There might be a hard limit to our knowledge of the Universe.
Tracing the origin and development of jaws — and other anatomical features that humans share — sheds some light on how we came to be.
If you have an old TV set with the “rabbit ear” antennae, and you set it to channel 03, that snowy static can reveal the Big Bang itself.
Get rid of the notion that the best employees come from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
Communication among cetaceans, like whales and dolphins, looks especially promising.
Your brain is remarkably good at mapping out physical spaces — even if it’s an imaginary space like Hogwarts. But how does the brain do it?
MIT neuroscientists have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that respond to singing but not other types of music.
This map samples some of the digits that make up the DDC system, invented by the brilliant but flawed Melvil Dewey.
According to Harvard career advisor Gorick Ng, this time-saving system can help us reclaim our work-life sanity.
A growing body of research suggests that optimism plays a significant role in promoting both physical and mental well-being.
The “attention economy” corrupts science.
Company culture is always evolving — sometimes for the worse.
Three years after the pandemic began, we still don’t know the origin of COVID. A strange lack of curiosity has stifled the debate.
A new generation of leaders is forging a path for 21st-century capitalism that’s both profitable and socially responsible.
The “money taboo” is not a single taboo, but rather an amalgamation of several smaller taboos tied to gender and socioeconomic class.