In theory, scientists could’ve produced a deadly virus that accidentally infected lab workers. In practice, we know that didn’t happen.

In “Enough Is Enuf,” Gabe Henry traces the history of simplified spelling movements and the lessons they teach us about language.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

“What would a totalitarian society that is not well disposed to our own do if it had God-like power? We don’t wanna find out.”

Planets can create nuclear power on their own, naturally, without any intelligence or technology. Earth already did: 1.7 billion years ago.

One of the most original and optimistic thinkers in America sketches some big ideas about what’s possible with AI in the next 25 years.

The most famous Hubble images show glittering stars and galaxies amidst the black backdrop of space. But more was captured than we realized.

Hugo-winning author Ken Liu explores what early cinema and Chinese poetry can teach us about AI’s potential as a new artistic medium.

By looking outside the current wave of hype, we can create a framework for weighing up the practical impact of AI on any business.

25 years ago, our concordance picture of cosmology, also known as ΛCDM, came into focus. 25 years later, are we about to break that model?

Spotify’s Co-President, CPO and CTO chats with Big Think about the science of discovery, Swedish innovation, C-suite podcasting, and more.

In around 7 billion years, we expect the Sun to run out of fuel, dying in a planetary nebula/white dwarf combination. Is that for certain?

That Nietzsche quote might not mean what you think it does.

Exoplanets can exist anywhere around their parent stars, even so close that they evaporate or disintegrate. Even the rocky ones.

“Plato would argue that sex in and of itself is not what true love is. Sex can reach a point where you are in union with that person, where you see behind their appearances and you see behind the flesh and you experience something which is more transcendental.”

It’s difficult to project a sphere onto a flat, two-dimensional surface. All maps of the Earth have flaws; the same is true for the cosmos.

A look inside Mindstate Design Labs’ effort to design drugs that reliably produce specific states of mind.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

The Kalam cosmological argument asserts that everything that exists must have a cause, and the “first” cause must be God. Is that valid?

What can drugs teach us about consciousness?

Americans have gone through three historic junctures like what we’re witnessing today — and they happen on an uncanny 80-year cycle.

“We’re at a very critical point in human history where things are about to change dramatically. One of the beauties of these AI tools is you now can just be anything that you dreamt of being.”

We understand many things about our Universe, and our home within it, extremely well. The number of stars in the Milky Way isn’t among them.

Common knowledge says the maximum size of a PDF is as big as 40% of Germany — but that’s a gross underestimate.

Bestselling author Seth Godin urges us to rethink our definition of longevity — and to step back and measure what matters.

Networking — not zombie-crunching your job applications — gives you a better chance of getting sourced or referred for a role.

The Multiverse isn’t just a staple of science fiction; there’s real-life science behind it, too. Here are 10 facts to expand your mind.

How the cult hit sci-fi show imagines a “techno-realist” future.

Those who know who they are — and what they truly value — refuse to compromise their authentic direction to placate others.