What happened 4.56 billion years ago is the most important part of the cosmic story ever to happen to us. If you were to look at our Universe at the time […]
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Most captive elephants are kept under immensely cruel conditions. In Myanmar, they’re treated differently.
March is Women’s History Month, and Big Think+ is commemorating it with a collection of videos highlighting both women’s history, and the complicated choices facing women who are making history […]
It’s a “surprising trend,” said Google’s lead analyst for pay equity.
The hard part was keeping the list down to ten.
For years we have been fascinated with the artistic prowess of Leonardo da Vinci.
If you think it expanded faster than light-speed, you need to read this. If the Universe is 13.8 billion years old, and the speed of light is truly our cosmic speed […]
The promising news comes 12 years after the “Berlin patient” became the world’s first person to be cured of the deadly virus.
Healthy Housing Foundation has purchased four properties in Los Angeles, with more planned.
A new study suggests that reframing goals can help smart people avoid choking under pressure.
As we urbanize, a new study flags the need for lots of green spaces.
A new generation is waiting for the whimsy and wit of Dr. Seuss.
Surprisingly, many of the world’s most popular religions have a lot to do with anarchy.
Disney, one of world’s largest entertainment companies, doubles down on its environmental plan.
Galactic mergers should push gas and dust into the centers of galaxies. So why are these two so quiet? Scientists have studied the closest, largest, brightest galaxies to Earth for centuries. […]
In the 1980’s, Northeast Portland was a black neighborhood hustling to survive. Today, it’s full of pilates studios and handlebar moustaches. As a writer, professor, and former inmate, Mitchell S. Jackson has lived in and learned from both worlds. In SURVIVAL MATH, he puts the pieces together.
Gravity and time are so different from what you’d expect. Here’s how it all would end. If you could only know the answer to one question about the Universe, what would […]
Surprise, surprise: The U.S. isn’t even close to the top of the list.
The controversial herbicide is everywhere, apparently.
But we shouldn’t give up on direct detection. Here’s why. Dark matter is not only the most abundant form of matter in the Universe, it’s also the most mysterious. Whereas all […]
According to a new study, there are 4 different types of loneliness.
As Facebook and YouTube move to moderate anti-vaccination content, Amazon has given no indication that it plans to do the same.
Cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand says that our attitudes toward rules have a lot to do with who we are and with the type of environment we find most comfortable. She’s […]
Mistakes are part of learning, not a failure of character.
Inequality and racism are connected, but maybe not as much as you think.
Finland’s recent decline in international test scores has led many to question whether its education system is truly the best.
New statistical analyses show that human-driven climate change is a virtual certainty.
The I Ching serves as a foundation for many Eastern philosophies and Western mathematics.
In 2017, we saw gravitational waves a neutron star merger for the first and only time. And it keeps getting more interesting. On August 17, 2017, a cosmic signal arrived […]