Before we formed stars, atoms, elements, or even got rid of our antimatter, the Big Bang made neutrinos. And we finally found them.
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‘Reductio ad absurdum’ won’t help you in an absurd Universe. Throughout history, there have been two main ways humanity has attempted to gain knowledge about the world: top-down, where we […]
This short story is a fictional account of two very real people — Anaximander and Anaximenes, two ancient Greeks who tried to make sense of the universe.
When you measure not just light, but light’s polarization, you learn so much more. It’s been over 100 years since the first solution for a black hole was discovered in General […]
Why does Seattle continue to be a place that nurtures the development of breakthrough technologies but not Minneapolis, Memphis, or Minsk?
Results from an experiment using the Large Hadron Collider challenges the accepted model of physics.
NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller is coming back to Big Think’s studio soon to answer YOUR questions! Here’s all you need to know to submit your science-related inquiries.
Flow occurs when a task’s challenge is balanced with one’s skill.
Once merely a theoretical curiosity, they might be the key to understanding so much more. Out of all of the known particles — both fundamental and composite — there are a whole slew of properties […]
Movie soundtracks don’t just help us recall the plot of a film; they also allow us to better understand its meaning.
We’d like to think that judging people’s worth based on the shape of their head is a practice that’s behind us.
We have to use the right definition for the specific question we’re asking. When it comes to the Universe, we frequently characterize objects by examining and reporting on their physical […]
Despite Betelgeuse’s recent faintening and brightening, I’d bet on these stars instead. Betelgeuse, a nearby red supergiant, will someday explode. The black hole at the center of the Milky Way should […]
Brands manufacture meaning through consensus; people must strive to create their own.
No matter how accurately you place two Plinko chips, you cannot count on the same outcome twice. Of all the pricing games on the iconic television show The Price Is Right, […]
The new record-holder opens up a literal Universe full of possibilities. Someday, even our own Sun will eventually run out of hydrogen fuel in its core, bringing a tremendous set […]
The model is almost eight hours ahead of a doctor’s recognition of a patient’s deterioration.
Here’s why you may want to opt-out of Amazon’s new shared network.
We frequently say it’s 2.725 K: from the light left over all the way from the Big Bang. But that’s not all that’s in the Universe.
The photometric filters for the Vera Rubin Observatory are complete and showcase why they are indispensable for astronomy.
We are likely to see the first humans walk on Mars this decade.
It turns out, letting your partner know you appreciate them leads to a stronger relationship. Who’d have thunk?
“What am I missing?” is a question that journalist Mónica Guzmán thinks more people should start asking.
Dark matter has never been directly detected, but the astronomical evidence for its existence is overwhelming. Here’s what to know.
Many key inventions were unique: one-offs.
When people pick the greatest scientist of all-time, Newton and Einstein always come up. Perhaps they should name Johannes Kepler, instead.
New chip eliminates the need for specific decoding hardware, boosting gaming systems, 5G networks, and more.
A new survey, the DESI Legacy Imaging Survey, has found more lenses than all others put together. One of Einstein’s most revolutionary predictions is that mass bends light. During a […]
Journey to the West is rightly considered one of the most influential novels ever written, but the real reason for its success may be its charismatic poster-boy: The Monkey King.
Enough mass in one location will always create a black hole. But not all masses are possible. If you take enough mass and compress it into a small enough volume […]