Acclaimed writer Mauro Javier Cárdenas used AI in his latest work to surprising effect.
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Do we really need to be religious to run a society well?
If not treated, the disorder drastically increases one’s risk of death.
Bob Dylan gave us the paradoxical gem “there’s no success like failure, and failure’s no success at all.” He had a point.
Big Think spoke with animator and animation historian Tom Sito about the cyclical evolution of animation.
Fears of celestial collisions — and calculations of their likelihood — go back to the very origins of modern science itself.
An X-ray offers a glimpse into the painter’s early years.
What are we supposed to do when experts look at the same data yet reach starkly different conclusions?
Democratic freedom, rapturous religion, and newspapers created a hotbed for social experimentation in 19th-century America.
Morbid fatality statistics on digital highway signs seem to distract drivers, thus increasing the number of car crashes.
As the stream of AI-generated art turns into a deluge, NFTs could become a cornerstone of the Virtual Renaissance.
“You gotta know when to fold ’em.”
For generations, physicists have been searching for a quantum theory of gravity. But what if gravity isn’t actually quantum at all?
SpinLaunch’s launcher, which is larger than the Statue of Liberty and works like the Olympic hammer-throw event, just came online in the New Mexico desert.
There are pros and cons to sending interstellar messages to aliens that may or may not exist.
The Source Family, a radical 1970s utopian commune, still impacts what we eat today.
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.
Scott Dikkers discusses comedy, the creative process, and life lessons learned playing peekaboo.
Opponents of 19th-century American imperialism were not above body-shaming the personification of the U.S. government.
It might seem like science and faith are at war, but the two have a historical synergy that extends back in time for centuries.
For centuries, universities have advanced humanity toward truth. Professor Jonathan Haidt speaks to why college campuses are suddenly heading in the opposite direction.
To overcome burnout, we need to change how we think about the relationship between dignity and work, argues Jonathan Malesic.
Awe makes us feel smaller but also more connected to life and each other.
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 […]
More evidence that we’re drowning in microplastic particles.
Puerto Rico’s iconic telescope facilitated important scientific discoveries while inspiring young scientists and the public imagination.
GPS holds the key, but astronomers can’t do it without help. Since 2019, the night sky — as seen by both human eyes and the telescopes we use to enhance our views of […]
If you were awaiting screaming death from the skies, you can relax. For now.
How a controversial study on psychic powers caused a revolution in psychology research.