If we could see in three dimensions instead of two, we’d never have thought otherwise. Perhaps the most famous sight of a dying star is the Ring Nebula, discovered in […]
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It’s one way to interpret recent X-ray data, but it conflicts with much, much better data we already have. Earlier this month, a new study came out claiming something shocking: perhaps […]
Cognitive psychologist Donald Hoffman hypothesizes we evolved to experience a collective delusion — not objective reality.
The Zen of choreographer Merce Cunningham comes alive in a new documentary about his life.
Without this one ingredient, there wouldn’t be enough ‘glue’ to hold the Universe together. Of all the things in the Universe to be thankful for — the stars, planets, atoms, molecules, and […]
A fascinating new book tells the untold stories of two women, Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb, who could have been first. On June 18, 1983, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched with […]
A new study discovered that lack of purpose leads to earlier death.
If they saw us as we were before the recent industrial revolution, would there be any reason to particularly care about us? All across the Universe, trillions of galaxies can be […]
The Sun will eventually become a red giant star, swallowing Mercury and Venus in the process. But what will happen to Earth? There are a few existential questions we can ask […]
In 1919, Woodrow Wilson attempted to rally the U.S. behind the League of Nations. His failure suggested the way forward.
It might seem puzzling, in a Universe bound by the speed of light, that this could be true. Here’s the science behind it. If you look out into the distant Universe, […]
We put presidents on our money, but isn’t there more to life than politics?
Patients with lung disease could find relief by breathing in messenger RNA molecules.
If you’re wondering whether the blast wave or the radiation would kill us first, you’re asking the wrong question. As far as raw explosive power goes, no other cataclysm in […]
The Avengers movies have done a marvelous job melding science and story.
As Game of Thrones ends, a revealing resolution to its perplexing geography.
The hot Big Bang occurred 13.8 billion years ago, and there’s no other possible answer consistent with what we know today. Conceptually, it might seem like the simplest idea in existence […]
In McMindfulness, Ronald Purser says modern mindfulness is dictated more by market forces than ethics.
Mistakes are part of learning, not a failure of character.
The Glen McLaughlin Collection brings together more than 700 historical examples of ‘California as an island’.
If your goal was to destroy the science of astronomy and astrophysics, this is exactly how you’d do it. One of the perks of being President of the United States of […]
The neuralnanorobotics are coming.
A plan to forgive almost a trillion dollars in debt would solve the student loan debt crisis, but can it work?
If your Universe contains any matter at all, a constant Hubble parameter is absolutely impossible. Our observable Universe is an enormous place, with some two trillion galaxies strewn across the […]
Sunken nuclear submarines and covert operations against the Soviet Union eventually led to Titanic’s discovery.
Despite being free to users, Facebook seems to have a monopoly on our speech, our data, and our lives.
Building Big Think from little more than an idea to 30 million monthly visitors, co-founder Victoria Rachel Montgomery-Brown knows something about being an entrepreneur. Her idea, together with co-founder Peter […]
Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky admits that when you’re on the bottom of a hierarchy, “it sucks whether you are a baboon or a human.” Sapolsky suggests that as a business leader, […]
Hungarian cartographer travels the world while mapping its treasures.
Podcast host Robert Wright’s lively conversation with the Harvard psychologist.
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