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Imagine cancer is no longer an issue, HIV is wiped out, and the signs of aging come on so slowly, one appears young forever. Gene editing promises much. Incurable diseases could become curable, new drugs could be created to battle cancer, and genetic diseases could be corrected. It has potentialities for research too. But we aren’t there yet. And there are lots of pitfalls we need to avoid.   

The mystery surrounding Planet Nine continues. This time around researchers question its origins.

Neurotechnology pioneers envision an expanded future for humanity straight out of science fiction.

It’s an old idea made new again, but it just might fall apart. “[The black hole] teaches us that space can be crumpled like a piece of paper into an infinitesimal […]

Through human caused climate change, we are barreling toward a world with less stability, less resources, more disease, and more lives lost to extreme weather events.   

Will Curiosity outlast Opportunity, the rover it was designed to supersede? Or will it fail, since it’s too big for its britches? “By refocusing our space program on Mars for […]

Artists are producing tactile art for the vision-impaired and the blind.

A new study raises troubling questions about the use of commonly prescribed opioid painkillers.

Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is spearheading a national no-kill shelter movement for cats and dogs.

Researchers have new evidence showing preference and “cheating” for those who are most like us, even when we don’t directly benefit.

The statistics on commuting and driving show that women spend more overall time in the car than men for a few different reasons.

And the science of how we can find it. This article is written by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in quantum gravity and high energy physics. She also […]

Siddhartha Mukherjee explores the genetics of sex and sexual identity in his new book, The Gene: An Intimate History.

In Japan, kawaii, the love of cuteness, is both culture and science, and it’s taking over the world.

Not every butcher’s map has a Tenderloin District

When you get enough mass together, Einstein’s theory of gravity causes space to act like a lens. Here are the results. “The first amazing fact about gravitation is that the ratio […]

If new kinds of drugs aren’t developed soon superbugs or antibiotic resistant bacteria could erase all the gains modern medicine has made. Even simple infections would become life-threatening. Fortunately, government plans are tackling the issue and some scientists have already found a few things that can take superbugs out.   

The United States is not only a country of immigrants, but its composition is dramatically changing.

When we acknowledge and formally recognize death in our culture, it is fundamentally a different way of dealing with it than what we usually do.

If the Universe is infinite and full of stars and galaxies, why can’t we see something everywhere we look? “When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead […]

Tony, Emmy, and Golden-Globe award winning actress and author Mary-Louise Parker on Think Again – a Big Think Podcast, discussing parenthood, Bob Marley, and the limits of empathy. 

Google has announced final design plans for the first modular smartphone, the project Ara. However, Dave Hakkens, who nurtured this idea for a modular device, isn’t happy with the final product.

Cooking indoors with solid fuels can lead to a variety of respiratory illnesses, and even death.

A new community planned for Amsterdam will provide all of its own food and energy, without negatively impacting the environment.

How we talk about love has become blurry “low resolution language” (it’s life-organizing force is often dissipated on trifles). But looking at richer love language can help us improve our aim. And remind us that universal human rights came from a special kind of love that we all need.  

Kickstarter loves games. Since the crowdfunding site’s inception in 2009, Kickstarter has successfully raised $444 million for this category alone.

It took hundreds of years for Einstein to dethrone him, and even then, he was off by less than 1% of a spectacular prediction.

A cave in France contains man’s earliest-known structures that had to be built by Neanderthals who were believed to be incapable of such things.

Why do so many men default to saying ‘I got this’ when they really don’t?

If free will doesn’t exist, is it healthier to believe it does?