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Closing in on 35 years since HIV was first discovered, medical science is now starting to see the possibility of a day when HIV will be curable. In fact, new research has developed several possible strategies which could eliminate the virus from the body. But challenges remain.   

Already-created neural pathways make it hard to correct our mistakes going forward.

A first study of its kind finds that psilocybin-containing “magic” mushrooms can be effective in treating depression.

The solution might not be easy, but researchers have identified strategies that help all children thrive in the classroom.

Children who grow up in cities have higher rates of psychosis than others. Researchers find that social cohesion and crime rates are important to these differences.

Our best “Big Picture” of the universe might be Sean Carroll’s “poetic naturalism.” But his skillfully framed physics and philosophy synthesis needs more “moral geometry” and a “naturalistic fallacy” update.

Could finding a planet capable of supporting humans already be within our reach? “The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so vast and the treasures hidden in the heavens so […]

Float tanks are increasing in popularity due to their role in stress reduction and even altered states of consciousness. 

Ultra-deep field? Move over; there’s a new deepest-view of all! “In other words, theory attempts to segregate the minimum number of possible worlds which must include the actual world we inhabit. […]

The Urban Confessional project offers free listening to anyone who has no one to talk to.

Humor — more specifically, humor done standing up in front of an audience — is something that humans can claim all to their own.

A recent study out of Australia has crunched data over a 29-year timespan and found no correlation between cellphone usage and brain cancer. Hooray!

If black holes suck everything in and nothing can get out, what does that mean for dark matter? “A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another […]

Robots have reached the field of law in an age where jobs are disappearing to technology advances every year.

Shell has had an oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. We can compare it to BP, but the magnitude is much different. Cleanup strategies could be different too.

An astronaut looked out the window of the Cupola—an observation nook on the International Space Station (ISS)—and saw a crack in the glass. Imagine floating in space in a pressurized spacecraft and seeing a crack in the thing keeping you safe from the empty void outside.

Subscribe on Google Play, Stitcher, or iTunes Come talk to us on Twitter: @bigthinkagain In this episode:  Why do so many of us choose to remain in a state of “sedentary agitation” about […]

Subscribe on Google Play, Stitcher, or iTunes Come talk to us on Twitter: @bigthinkagain In this episode: Fear, says National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author James McBride, was the most powerful […]

The International Space Station (ISS) has been playing host to many different kinds of microbes as part of a larger study to figure out how bacteria reacts to a microgravity environment and cosmic radiation.

Seismologists are warning about an overdue earthquake. How prepared are we? 

And, at a fundamental level, it can never be one. “Even when Darwin’s teaching first made its appearance, it became clear at once that its scientific, materialist core, its teaching concerning […]

On this week’s episode of Think Again, comedian Chris Gethard talks about authenticity and the hunger for small communities in the age of Big Internet. 

New research on the health of bee populations shows that things are still getting worse.

Mass migration is nothing new; the ancestors of modern Europeans themselves came from the Middle East.

A recent study demonstrates significant benefits of teaching young students philosophy.

Many were afraid of California’s Public Safety Realignment policy, but research shows that reductions in the prison population haven’t increased crime. Here’s how perceptions play a big role in what we think about criminal justice.

We are entering a new generation of prostheses. In years to come bionic limbs will become a reality. Soon the paralyzed and amputees will have limbs that they can use as if they were their real arms and legs. Learn more about this development and the technology behind it.

Not the show, the actual scientific theory itself! “Gamow was fantastic in his ideas. He was right, he was wrong. More often wrong than right. Always interesting; … and when his idea […]

Our collective story is what makes sense of what we perceive.

Venture capitalists 1776 and other partners have created a ranking of the top 25 cities that are ready for the digital economy. Some are straightforward, while others are surprising.