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“Okay, dad, but GMOs help feed the world.”

The truth may be out there — but it’s not in these close encounters of the third kind.

Taking the floor is all about connecting authentically with your audience. Here’s how.

The number of planets that could support life may be far greater than previously thought, a recent discovery suggests.

In his new book, the popular science writer tells the story of how scientists discovered the “gaseous ocean” we all swim in — and the trillions of invisible life forms we share it with.

A clock, designed and built in Europe, ran hopelessly at the wrong rate when brought to America. The physics of gravity explains why.

Here’s the case for why science can’t keep ignoring human experience.

AI researcher and author Ken Stanley wonders how our rear-view perspective on success fits into a serendipitous mode of innovation.

Humans, when we consider space travel, recognize the need for gravity. Without our planet, is artificial or antigravity even possible?

Einstein’s general relativity has reigned supreme as our theory of gravity for over a century. Could we reduce it back down to Newton’s law?

Lord Kelvin is thought to have said there was nothing new to discover in physics. His real view was the opposite.

Nothing lives forever, at least, not in the physical Universe. But relativity allows us to get closer than ever, from one perspective.

Although a great many unidentified sights have been seen in the skies, none have conclusively demonstrated the presence of aliens. So far.

How to make sure our formative tendencies don’t derail us from being the great leaders we are trying to become.

Nurture your passions instead.

In the year 2000, physicists created a list of the ten most important unsolved problems in their field. 25 years later, here’s where we are.

Inside the “out there” quest for a drug that would help doctors save lives before it’s too late.

There are plenty of life-friendly stellar systems in the Universe today. But at some point in the far future, life’s final extinction will occur.

Author A.J. Jacobs explores how voting has changed since the days of the Founding Fathers — for better and for worse.

Some physicists are besot with the multiverse, but if we can’t detect these other universes, how seriously should we take them?

Migration statistics should be regarded with wariness as they are difficult to analyze properly and easily manipulated for political gain.

Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, “precrastination,” and Westeros lore.

Matt Strassler’s journey into fundamental physics culminates in a brilliant explanation of the Higgs field. Enjoy this exclusive interview.

Can two planets stably share the same orbit? Conventional wisdom says no, but a look at Saturn’s moons might tell a different story.

One of the most promising dark matter candidates is light particles, like axions. With JWST, we can rule out many of those options already.

In the early stages of the hot Big Bang, matter and antimatter were (almost) balanced. After a brief while, matter won out. Here’s how.

Hugo-winning author Ken Liu explores what early cinema and Chinese poetry can teach us about AI’s potential as a new artistic medium.

The conservation of energy is one of the most fundamental laws governing our reality. But in the expanding Universe, that’s just not true.

It was originally recorded in the 1970s by cognitive psychologists Harry McGurk and John MacDonald.