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A poignant, 2,000-year-old burial in northern Italy could be the latest evidence of an ancient friendship.
A study of spinal development took a strange turn and made a surprise discovery.
Astranis is on a mission to help everyone in the world get online.
Big Think recently spoke with Nick Bostrom about how humans might find fulfillment in a post-scarcity world.
Consumer debt shapes American lives so thoroughly that it seems eternal and immortal, but it’s actually relatively new to the financial world.
You’ve got to know when to fight and when to laugh.
Leadership evasion might seem like a plan for workplace freedom but it isn’t a good thing — it’s a denial of opportunity.
In the 20th century, many options abounded as to our cosmic origins. Today, only the Big Bang survives, thanks to this critical evidence.
“I hope we take a mindset where we are willing to look for weird life in weird places.”
Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine? Well, it depends.
For some reason, when we talk about the age of stars, galaxies, and the Universe, we use “years” to measure time. Can we do better?
The JWST’s observations of well-developed galaxies early in universal history may coincide with accepted astronomical theory after all.
Psychologist Mary C. Murphy explains why growth-mindset teams outperform those centered around a lone genius.
The most common element in the Universe, vital for forming new stars, is hydrogen. But there’s a finite amount of it; what if we run out?
Sometimes you just want to hear, “I know what it’s like.”
You really can get by with a little help from your friends — if you also look beyond your personal to-do list.
Tough and cutthroat leaders are celebrated in a results-driven culture — but there is another path to C-suite success.
Life arose on Earth very early on. After a few billion years, here we are: intelligent and technologically advanced. Where’s everyone else?
Six visionary science fiction authors on the social impact of their work.
Even with the best technology imaginable, you’d probably never be able to exist as a consciously aware brain in a vat.
Total eclipses are a product of a strange and almost eerie cosmic coincidence — one that makes Earth an even rarer world in the galaxy and, by proxy, in the Universe.
Our Universe requires dark matter in order to make sense of things, astrophysically. Could massive photons do the trick?
Vaccines targeting some of our deadliest cancers are showing promise in early trials.
Throughout the world, traditional political organizations are increasingly seen as dysfunctional. But can democracies live without them?
It’s 50% stronger than comparable materials used in aerospace.
Public mass shooters almost always have worldviews shaped by the “3 Rs”: rage, resentment, and revenge.
When does “oversharing” become an issue?
The ability to toggle between abstract and concrete thinking is a key differentiator of high-potential leaders.
Bob Dylan gave us the paradoxical gem “there’s no success like failure, and failure’s no success at all.” He had a point.