Steam cars hit the U.S. market in the 1890s but were largely extinct by the 1930s. Will technology bring them back?
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Large language models are an impressive advance in AI, but we are far away from achieving human-level capabilities.
There’s a lot to get rid of if we want to get only our Universe out of String Theory. A lot of people, when they learn about String Theory for the […]
In the spirit of the 1969 moon landing, we now have a golden opportunity to pursue “nondisruptive” creative solutions.
2022 was another busy year in the realm of science, with groundbreaking stories spanning space, materials, medicine, and technology.
The same technology behind the COVID-19 vaccines may enable the first damage-reversing heart attack cure.
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
A five-year-old reading a picture book in her pillow fort. A college student and his friends at the midnight matinee. A ninety-year-old watching her soaps. What do they have in […]
Using cellulose from trees and a synthetic polymer, MIT researchers have created a material that “is stronger and tougher than some types of bone, and harder than typical aluminum alloys.”
Rejecting romanticism, these famous paintings depict war as it really is: sadistic and senseless.
Between 30% and 50% of the US population says they believe in ghosts.
Science will lead us to a universal morality and a cosmic religion.
Quite a lot, actually, even though it has no identifiable value as a scientific concept.
It might seem petty and shallow to get upset over a bad gift, but there’s often a deeper reason behind the feeling.
Taking the floor is all about connecting authentically with your audience. Here’s how.
“She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”
Big Think spoke with animator and animation historian Tom Sito about the cyclical evolution of animation.
In a psychedelic state, the relationship between your “narrative” and “minimal” selves seems to transform in unique ways.
Environmental progress is happening quickly but we must keep pushing for change.
From “The Castle of Otranto” to “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, these books changed the literary landscape.
Remembering Frank Drake, who transformed the search for alien life & extraterrestrial intelligence into a full-fledged scientific endeavor.
Invisible cloaks. Ghost imaging. Scientists are manipulating light in ways that were once only science fiction.
Are you unhappy with how various events in your life turned out? Perhaps, in a parallel Universe, things worked out very differently.
If the “self” is not real, then we are slaves to a billiard ball universe, trapped in a nihilistic nightmare in which we cannot change our fate.
Some authors never saw their books score widespread acclaim—or even get published at all.
Balancing realism and optimism in a dire situation is a key to success.
New tech is a double-edged sword. Integration can be expensive and perilous: Mess up the adoption and jobs are on the line.
Nikolaas Tinbergen’s concept of “supernormal stimulus” explains why humans are attracted to a heightened version of reality.
Carl Jung was one such person.