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From how life emerged on Earth to why we dream, these unanswered questions continue to perplex scientists.

Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Matthew Johnson answers 24 huge questions about psychedelics.

Do our thoughts have any meaning whatsoever?

A team of scientists has warned that marketers seek to advertise in our dreams. Will our sleep be commercialized against our wishes?

“All the plausible paths to a really great future, involve the development of machine superintelligence at some point.”

Addicted to spending money you want to save? Here’s how to stop.

Why “audio gaps” in video meetings wear us out — and why we need the meaningful relationships forged in communal workspaces.

Is there a force keeping humanity in check?

To what extent will our psychological vulnerabilities shape our interactions with emerging technologies?

The ability is tied to mental health, consciousness, and memory in humans.

A new finding that unconsciously processed images are distributed to higher-order brain networks requires the revision of a popular theory of consciousness.

These hard-to-finish books are still worth the effort.

Is immortality a tantalizing possibility or a philosophical paradox?

At a fundamental level, only a few particles and forces govern all of reality. How do their combinations create human consciousness?

There are many things in life that cannot be improved with greater effort. Sometimes, life requires that you step back.

Science will lead us to a universal morality and a cosmic religion.

There’s a psychological reason you haven’t created healthier habits in your life.

Why does the DMT experience feel so familiar to some people — even those who are trying the psychedelic for the first time?

Here’s the case for why science can’t keep ignoring human experience.

The heart’s rhythms may play a larger role in shaping psychedelic experiences than previously thought.

Here’s the thorny reality behind psychedelics’ ability to unearth buried memories.

His greatest speeches were loaded with empathy.

“The brain is never the same from one moment to the next throughout life. Never ever.”

These 5 research-backed tips can turn bad habits into financial gain.

“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it.”

The separation of conjoined twins is fraught with stomach-churning biomedical and ethical challenges.

How would you feel about working like a Lutheran or a Cistercian?

Neuroscientist Tali Sharot recently spoke with Big Think about a two-step method for escaping the dark sides of habits.

Short-term thinkers take shortcuts. Take the long path instead, explains futurist Ari Wallach.