The world’s highest mountain is also the world’s highest cemetery, with some bodies serving as creepy landmarks for today’s climbers.
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A new study provides the first proof-of-principle that genetic material transferred from one species to another can increase both longevity and healthspan in the recipient animal.
When you can't enter flow, you can still lean on your internal rhythm.
For 40 years, scientists thought a specific gene was linked to aggression in hamsters. Removing it, however, had violent consequences.
To protect yourself, you need an antifungal rather than an amulet.
Does memory start to work only at a certain age?
Admitting that we know little about our future selves can radically improve our decision-making.
Big Think spoke with historian Marc-William Palen about the egalitarian aims of the free-trade movement in past centuries.
The multiverse pushes beyond the limits of the scientific method. From our vantage point in the Universe, we cannot know if it's real.
Research shows how "dark" Brett Martinpersonality traits affect Bitcoin enthusiasm.
Televising the coronation was thought to be an affront to the dignity of the event.
The "island rule" hypothesizes that species shrink or supersize to fill insular niches not available to them on the mainland.
True north, magnetic north, and grid north have aligned. There's also a connection to James Bond.
Any alien civilization that grows to span an entire planet would spark the same effects that we have. So, what do we do about it?
The space‑specific neurons in the owl’s specialized auditory brain can do advanced math.
Recent measurements of subatomic particles don't match predictions stemming from the Standard Model.
From synthetic biology to xenotransplantation, biotech will continue to march forward in 2023, in part powered by data and AI.
The volcano’s historic eruption preserved an ancient library, but rendered its content illegible. A public competition aims to change that.
You really can get by with a little help from your friends — if you also look beyond your personal to-do list.
It’s not enough to nurture star players — the key is to cultivate everyone’s ability to collaborate and bring value.
You don't have to be an emperor to apply these rules to daily living.
Music is part of the human experience, which is why some philosophers have written about it. Some had wacky ideas.
Successful alpha leadership is more about caring and healing than dog-eat-dog supremacy.
The Uros of Lake Titicaca live on floating islands made from reeds. How did they get there?
Commodus lived the anti-Stoic life, pursuing lust, narcissism, and self-indulgence.
Survivorship bias occurs when we fail to consider how data was collected. To combat this, search for the "silent evidence."
We bake pies for Pi Day, so why not celebrate other mathematical achievements.
Mansa Musa, perhaps history's richest man, claims he ascended the throne of Mali after his predecessor sailed west and never came back. Could he have made it to the New World?