Grief never ends. There is no closure, but there are things we can do to mitigate the feeling of loss.

Kelly Richmond Pope, a forensic accountant, shares a simple test that puts your ethics under the spotlight.

Einstein’s laws of gravity have been challenged many times, but have always emerged victorious. Could wide binary stars change all that?

Meet the masterful con-men who impressed the great and the good despite the astonishing fiction of their very existence.

There may be unknown particles lurking inside the quantum foam.

The structure is fully developed in humans, partially developed in chimps, and completely absent in Old World monkeys.

Each of our three nearest stars might have an Earth-like planet in orbit around it. Here’s what we’ll learn when we finally observe it.

Almost all royal lines try to legitimize their rule with legendary origin stories. Here are five of the strangest examples.

Metaphors like the Great Chain of Being can lead people to misunderstand evolution and humanity’s place in the web of life.

Decades of Alzheimer’s research might have missed a cellular culprit hiding in plain sight.

Is LK-99 truly a room temperature superconductor? These 4 tests, none of which have yet been passed, will separate fact from fiction.

Pain relievers like acetaminophen and ibuprofen are made with chemicals derived from oil. Scientists have shown how to make them from trees.

Your heart rate reveals your brain activity, which in turn can predict hit songs — and maybe stock performance, as well.

In polarized times, our shared cellular origin can unite us in solidarity and awe — from the embryonic scale to the grandest cosmic perspective.

The National Ignition Facility just repeated, and improved upon, their earlier demonstration of nuclear fusion. Now, the true race begins.

There were at least eight other human species, some of whom existed for far longer than we have. Who were they?

Uncovering the ideology of “Karens” and “Kens.”

Voyage into the lawless world of experimental literature.

From when its light was emitted, the El Gordo galaxy cluster might be the most massive object in all of existence. Here’s how JWST sees it.

Don’t buy a yellow car in Bibury.

The Te’omim Cave in the Jerusalem Hills is filled with skulls and oil lamps — objects a new study says may have been used in dark rituals.

Ironically, the company did so using technology perfected by the oil industry.

An army of replicators belonging to national laboratories, research universities, and amateur garages is rushing to replicate ambient superconductivity in LK-99.

How the simple act of watching twilight can radically transform our perception of the world and our role within it.

AI programs like ChatGPT can create “thanabots” based on deceased loved ones’ digital communications, allowing us to talk with the departed.

It will be immensely difficult for the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains to protect their competitive edge if they do not pursue a radical change.

This two-time debate world champion gives three tips for constructing the perfect argument.

Recent claims put LK-99 as the first room temperature, ambient pressure superconductor ever. Has the game changed, or is it merely hype?

Engineer James Clarke liberated John, Paul, George, and Ringo from their mono and stereo straitjackets using algorithms at Abbey Road.

Big Think covered the 2012 study shortly after it was published. We are now correcting the record.