Researchers discover strange behavior in magnetars, ultra-powerful magnetic stars.
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Science doesn’t exist in a cultural and existential vacuum and its teaching shouldn’t either.
Welcome to the 13.8 relaunch, a new Big Think column led by physicists and friends Adam Frank and Marcelo Gleiser.
Think there are habitable super-Earths out there? Think again. Here in our Solar System, we have two very distinct types of planets: small, terrestrial, rocky worlds, with thin (or no) atmospheres […]
Ari Loeb, who suggested in 2018 that the mysterious object was an alien craft, is back to discuss the evidence.
In Germany and France, having an Anglo-Saxon first name is a good predictor of extreme voting behavior.
In the future, you might voluntarily share your social media data with your psychiatrist to inform a more accurate diagnosis.
New research identifies 16 different COVID-19 personality types and the lessons we can learn from this global pandemic.
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 […]
The space agency describes the process of landing rovers on Mars as “seven minutes of terror.”
It can sometimes feel like career progress is beyond your control. This can be especially acute if you are a young professional or entering a new industry. You’re too inexperienced, […]
As a new industry emerges, therapists need to be educated.
Clinical trials at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research focus on stabilizing cognitive loss and alleviating the psychotic symptoms that change our loved ones.
Lovers are parted from lovers, (grand)parents from children, families from their dead.
How much of this can be linked to genetics?
In her book The Art of Rest, one researcher conducted a thorough analysis of the top 10 activities we find most restful.
A new study analyzed Martian glaciers to discover that the planet had numerous ice ages.
And after years of mystery, we finally know where they come from. Here on Earth, thunderstorms and accompanying lightning strikes represent tremendous releases of energy. It was way back in 2011 […]
Researchers discover black holes that violate the uniqueness theorem and have “gravitational hair.”
The study found that people who spoke the same language tended to be more closely related despite living far apart.
New research from MIT is unintuitive but could lead to a better system.
Time always moves in the same direction, but what if the Universe were contracting? As we step forward in time, a number of things always seem to happen together. Objects […]
Older people are in grave danger of being left behind.
Most people believe you can win an argument with facts – but when “facts” are so often subject to doubt, are personal experiences trusted more?
A recent study showed that monkeys can make logical choices when given an A or B scenario.
Meet a spectacular new blue—the first inorganic new blue in some time.
The best time to start was yesterday, the second best is now.
Let noted cognitive psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker introduce you to psychology.
It’s not a gambit. It’s not fraud. It’s not an opinion. And it’s not biased like you think it is. Most of us, when we think about what science is, default […]