Bram Stoker’s mother survived a terrible cholera outbreak and recounted the ghastly scenes to her son years later.
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“Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed,” advised Stoic philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius. He had a point.
Dive into China’s profound intellectual legacy through five seminal texts that have shaped millennia of thought.
Kids are fragile. They should trust their feelings. The world is a battle between good and evil. We should stop repeating these untruths.
The synthetic cartilage was made from cellulose fibers — the stuff found in wood — mixed with a goo called polyvinyl alcohol.
Ancient bones reveal that domesticated felines were at home in Pre-Neolithic Poland around 8,000 years ago.
Can quantum computers do things that standard, classical computers can’t? No. But if they can calculate faster, that’s quantum supremacy.
The recipe for a perfect date night: a rom-com, a bowl of popcorn, and a syringe of testosterone — at least for gerbils, anyway.
How much can something change and still be the same thing?
Probably not. Even though we’re still investigating the origin of life, the evidence suggests that cells came much later.
Oxygen isn’t strictly necessary for combustion, but it is ideal. Any advanced (alien) civilization probably uses oxygen to burn things.
Scientists have been chasing the dream of harnessing the reactions that power the Sun since the dawn of the atomic era. Interest, and investment, in the carbon-free energy source is heating up.
Measurements of the acceleration of the universe don’t agree, stumping physicists working to understand the cosmic past and future. A new proposal seeks to better align these estimates — and is likely testable.
Big Think spoke to the author of “The 5 Love Languages” about the popular relationship theory — and its lack of scientific support.
In work and life, the rules of success are being redefined.
Some of the weirdest characters in Greek mythology were Athenian kings.
Billy was a local celebrity in the early 1900s. And he might have been a murderer.
The Earth that exists today wasn’t formed simultaneously with the Sun and the other planets. In some ways, we’re quite a latecomer.
What would it take to create a truly intelligent microbot, one that can operate independently?
Esperanto was intended to be an easy-to-learn second language that enabled you to speak with anyone on the planet.
Ancient humans crossed the Bering Strait land bridge from Asia into North America. But some of them went back.
Brian C. Muraresku, New York Times best-selling author of “The Immortality Key,” unpacks ancient evidence for the widespread ritual use of psychoactive plants.
Parents will sometimes use children as weapons in their relationship battles — and the fallout can be devastating.
Our greatest tool for exploring the world inside atoms and molecules, and specifically electron transitions, just won 2023’s Nobel Prize.
There are issues with Kinsey’s data, but his books revolutionized Americans’ thinking about sex and sexuality.
If you want to have foamy beer inside the comfort of your own home, you need to invest in a special nucleated glass.
There is no long-term beneficial effect of medication on standardized test scores.
Big Think talks to Konrad Feldman — founder of advertising tech innovator Quantcast.
Engineer James Clarke liberated John, Paul, George, and Ringo from their mono and stereo straitjackets using algorithms at Abbey Road.