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We know that life is possible on an Earth-like world around a Sun-like star. But can it find a way on a Super-Earth? When it comes to the origin of […]

You’d think we’d be over this fear by now.

It took hundreds of thousands of years to make atoms for the first time. If things were just a little different, it could have taken an eternity. When it comes […]

In the near future, we might use the toxic gas to power homes.

And, even with all we know, what still remains unexplained? At a fundamental level, our Universe is made of particles, forces, interactions, and the fabric of space and time. Spacetime […]

The Flat Earth community revealed some of its newest theories and breakthroughs at its first convention in Birmingham, England last weekend.

Every week, we do a little round-up of comments from the Big Think Facebook. Here’s some of the more intriguing ones of the week. 

Employee engagement is an ongoing struggle for many organizations. Numerous studies from employee research organizations have tied the engagement of employees to higher profits, efficiency, retention, and other benefits. However, […]

Hubble, even at its best, only reveals perhaps 10% of what’s out there. Here’s how we get the rest. When you gaze up at the night sky, through the veil of […]

There’s no such thing as a theory that’s too beautiful to be wrong, if it doesn’t agree with experiment. The history of physics is filled with great ideas that you’ve […]

There is a reason why anti-vaxx attitudes are hard to shake, explains a new study.

We hear the word ‘socialism’ a lot. What does it mean, exactly?

Recent research shows that suicidal behavior is a social contagion that spreads through families and classrooms. The good news? So does suicide prevention.

The Nonhuman Rights Project turns to philosophy to persuade courts to honor chimpanzees’ rights.

The social media behemoth wants you to use their platform less, not more, than before. 

The deepest, funniest, strangest moments from the past year of the Think Again podcast. Featuring Kory Stamper, Teju Cole, George Saunders, Slavoj Zizek, Jennifer Doudna, and Timothy Spall.  

The deepest, funniest, weirdest moments from the past year of the Think Again podcast. Featuring Daniel Dennett, Sarah Goldhagen, Ian McEwan, Alison Gopnik, Erik Kandel, and Alan Alda.

Do a little less in your day if you want to do a little more.

Is providing healthcare for all too expensive, or is it a failure of our moral imagination to say so? What first appears as an economic reality can too quickly become an excuse for inaction.

Friedrich Nietzsche is an influential thinker, but he is not without critics. One of the best of them is British philosopher Bertrand Russell.

Despite its prominence in our collective imagination, variations in metabolism play a minor role in obesity.

There are some big hurdles for Bitcoin to overcome. Cryptocurrencies must become practical for real-world use.

A new Pew Research study shows how widely varied belief in what God, or a higher power, actually is.

Never underestimate the power of having a strong set of goals for your business. Business goals are more than just figures on an earnings chart displayed in boardroom meetings—they’re also […]

Perhaps energy isn’t conserved at all in an expanding Universe. If you have a Universe full of stuff — whether that’s atoms, dark matter, radiation, neutrinos, or anything else — it’s virtually impossible to […]

Stephen Hawking’s final paper is all about the multiverse, quantum relativity, string theory, relativity and more.

It’s tempting to think of the mind as a layer that sits on top of more primitive cognitive structures. We experience ourselves as conscious beings, after all, in a way […]

Do you know your rights? Hit refresh on your constitutional knowledge!

How we define “inequality” is of utmost importance in trying to implement fair equality.

Reports show that millennials are making and saving less than previous generations, likely setting them up to retire later in life—or not at all.