We often assume that movement means progress and that doing something is better than doing nothing. That is often not true.
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Like humans, stars die. The James Webb Space Telescope’s early images already give us a lot of information about how this happens.
The photometric filters for the Vera Rubin Observatory are complete and showcase why they are indispensable for astronomy.
Mahāyāna is the most popular type of Buddhism in the world today.
Big Think recently spoke with sleep psychologist Dr. Jade Wu about the surprising consequences of forgoing sleep.
The natural wonders of Mauritius include the spectacular sight of an underwater waterfall. Here’s the science of how it works.
To put things in perspective, the cost of sequencing a single genome in 2012 was around $10,000.
Sure, there’s less daylight during winter than summer, as your hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun. But darkness goes deeper than that.
Before gunpowder was introduced to the West, medieval Arabs devised grenades using crockery.
Your eyes are playing tricks on you.
Are people are more likely to act less emotionally and more rationally when speaking their second language?
The mutual distance between well-separated galaxies increases with time as the Universe expands. What else expands, and what doesn’t?
The corporate unicorn was yesterday — now we should consider the wisdom of black and white stripes.
Frank Slater’s book “Practical Portrait Painting” reveals the secrets of masters old and new, from Leonardo da Vinci to Augustus John.
Unexpected images of galaxies from the James Webb Space Telescope do not disprove the Big Bang. There are other likelier explanations.
Studying neuroscience through art.
The polymath used science to elevate his art.
Do you really need a monstrous upbringing to make monsters?
A 1.5-million-year-old hominin bone shows signs that the victim was eaten by lions — and humans.
From the laying out of the body plan to the organization and functioning of our nervous system, cells rule gene expression and make us who and what we are.
Survey data suggests that our bodily perceptions of love extend far beyond the heart.
The idea is to study the thing itself — be it a work of literature, death, family, a car, a vaccine, or the hospital — without preconceived notions, trendy easy answers, or dogma imposed on it.
How to say “I love you” in Basque, the “most loving” cities around the world, and where most of America’s singles live — and so much more!
It doesn’t matter how ridiculous a lie is. As long as it is repeated often enough, some people will believe it.
An effect called the “urban heat island” means that temperatures are often 10 degrees higher in cities, according to NASA.
2023 will see an “arms race” in mixed reality hardware and software. This truly will revolutionize our society.
Science and technology were making early modern Europe a better place to live, but at what cost?
JWST has seen more distant galaxies than any other observatory, ever. But many candidates for “most distant of all” are likely impostors.
Perhaps there was something theatrically satisfying about a learned man waving around a flask of pee, looking at it from all angles, sniffing it, and making bold proclamations.