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Why human attempts to mechanize logic keep breaking down.

There may be unknown particles lurking inside the quantum foam.

One of Apple’s key innovations serves as a psychological breakthrough, as its technology eliminates the isolating feel of headset use.

Despite their brief history, computers and AI have fundamentally changed what we see, what we know, and what we do.

The initial goal of AI was to create machines that think like humans. But that is not what happened at all.

Big Think spoke with animator and animation historian Tom Sito about the cyclical evolution of animation.

Do humans have souls, or are we just particles? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains.

The ability to decode acoustic information from brain activity aids the development of brain-computer interfaces that restore communication in patients who suffer paralysis.

Air currents in our atmosphere limit the resolving power of giant telescopes, but computers and artificial stars can sharpen the blur.

Temple Grandin’s story reveals how embracing neurodiversity can lead to groundbreaking innovations and more successful teams.

AI was key to making Moderna’s COVID mRNA vaccine. Its role in mRNA therapeutics will rapidly grow in the coming years.

When leaders connect enterprise ambition with the driving spirit of activism, everyone wins.

Twin Health lets patients with diabetes see what’s happening inside their own body and can model each patient’s unique metabolism.

It’s been 65 years since Richard Feynman saw “plenty of room” in the nano-world. Are we finally getting down there?

Ada Lovelace’s skills with language, music, and needlepoint all contributed to her pioneering work in computing.

Positron emission tomography (PET) scans use positrons — the antimatter equivalent of an electron — to locate cancer in the body.

Discrepancies between observations and theory regarding subatomic particles called muons may force scientists to rethink the quantum world.

They could also “turn off” their fear.

Even lifelong technologists and AI researchers like myself were genuinely surprised by the speed and impact of generative AI.

The material is both stronger and lighter than those used to make conventional power plant turbines.

Implanting machine components into human bodies, argues one scholar, could make for a better society.

Invisible cloaks. Ghost imaging. Scientists are manipulating light in ways that were once only science fiction.

These scrolls are the only remaining intact library of ancient Rome — and they will crumble at a touch.

The successful tactics of big-name leaders — including Bob Iger, Mary Barra, and Satya Nadella — reveal key approaches to innovation.

The solution involves the infamous Navier-Stokes equations, which are so difficult, there is a $1-million prize for solving them.

American students are being compelled to specialize earlier and earlier. Here’s what it takes to build a successful physics foundation.

Elon Musk suggested remote-controlled, vibrating anal beads. Thankfully, there are more mundane explanations.

No one is teaching us how to be online. That’s a problem.

Some analysts predict that Amazon’s revenue will double over the next five years.