Particles are everywhere, including particles from space that stream through the human body. Here's how they prove Einstein's relativity.
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Piano Sonata No. 23 offers a window into the way culture became an instrument of Soviet state policy.
Wind farms seem less productive when scientists incorporate more realistic atmospheric models into their output predictions.
Chronotherapeutic drug delivery aims to maximize treatment effectiveness and minimize side effects.
We were not born to stagnate — the point of life (and work) is to go somewhere.
The idea is to study the thing itself — be it a work of literature, death, family, a car, a vaccine, or the hospital — without preconceived notions, trendy easy answers, or dogma imposed on it.
Big Think recently spoke with sleep psychologist Dr. Jade Wu about the surprising consequences of forgoing sleep.
In special relativity, the statement that two events happened at the same time is meaningless.
An interview with filmmaker Jason Sussberg about his new film about Stewart Brand and the importance of culture in achieving progress.
For a plan to go as smooth as clockwork, be prepared to pounce on opportunity.
Discover the ancient wisdom of not pushing the river.
Easily distracted? Try a "distractibility delay."
AI-powered voice technology is poised to revolutionize the ways we do business.
Einstein's relativity overthrew the notion of absolute space and time, replacing them with a spacetime fabric. But is spacetime truly real?
When does "oversharing" become an issue?
HaptX gloves provide high-fidelity touch feedback of virtual spaces (and they look cool, too).
These studies are only the tip of the iceberg, with adverse consequence of the time change ranging from student test scores to stock market returns.
It's spooky, and it's happening all around us. And inside us.
Early on, only matter and radiation were important for the expanding Universe. After a few billion years, dark energy changed everything.
Age ain't nothing but a number, but "inflammatory age" may be real.
By studying the oldest animals, researchers hope to pinpoint factors affecting human longevity.
There are several different types of learner engagement, from emotional to cognitive. Here's how to improve each.
The "Clovis First" hypothesis for human settlement of North and South America has just been debunked. Where do we go from here?
If you said "with the Big Bang," congratulations: that was our best answer as of ~1979. Here's what we've learned in all the time since.
Explanations for the cosmic speed limit often conflate mass with inertia.
An average undergraduate student in physics is better than the AI.
The "first cause" problem may forever remain unsolved, as it doesn’t fit with the way we do science.
For the first time, it was discovered that nonphotosynthetic bacteria have a circadian clock.