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Perhaps the most remarkable fact about the Universe is simply that it, and everything in it, exists. But what’s the reason why?

If the Universe is expanding, and the expansion is accelerating, what does that tell us about the cause of the expanding Universe?

Just by observing the tiny amount of deuterium left over from the Big Bang, we can determine that dark matter and dark energy must exist.

Spiritual experiences can be explained in terms of a highly evolved brain. But they also can be extremely meaningful.

Today’s popular weight-loss drugs could soon be joined by brain stimulation and gene therapies.

Perhaps the whole Universe is the result of a vacuum fluctuation, originating from what we could call quantum nothingness. 

The Earth that exists today wasn’t formed simultaneously with the Sun and the other planets. In some ways, we’re quite a latecomer.

Innovation training encourages the kind of creativity and problem solving that can lead to breakthroughs in business.

There are plenty of life-friendly stellar systems in the Universe today. But at some point in the far future, life’s final extinction will occur.

How (not) to end up in the ash heap of history.

Humans seemingly have opposing desires to fit in and to be unique. The interplay between these might drive the evolution of fads.

If you’re trying to break a bad habit or start a good one, psychologists have some tips.

When the Universe was first born, the ingredients necessary for life were nowhere to be found. Only our “lucky stars” enabled our existence.

In the pursuit of happiness, money probably trumps meaning.

It’s not about particle-antiparticle pairs falling into or escaping from a black hole. A deeper explanation alters our view of reality.

Radical Emotional Acceptance calls on you to celebrate all of life’s emotions — even the negative ones.

Back in 1990, we hadn’t discovered a single planet outside of our Solar System. Here are 10 facts that would’ve surprised every astronomer.

A new study upends a long-standing theory on how the brain plans motor actions in uncertain environments.

Cosmologists are largely still in the dark about the forces that drive the Universe.

Extreme home environments — either very supportive or harshly negligent — tend to produce more sensitive kids.

Social isolation, back pain, and screen fatigue getting you down?

With JWST, Chandra, and gravitational lensing combined, evidence has emerged for the earliest black hole ever. And wow, is it a surprise!

Why, exactly, don’t you trust that person’s opinion?

The renowned magician recently joined Big Think CEO and cofounder Victoria Brown for a wide-ranging discussion.

The color of the shirt you’re wearing right now depends on many factors, from your eye shape to what language you speak.

Headlines have blared that quasar ticking confirms that time passed more slowly in the early Universe. That’s not how any of this works.

Buddhism has rules for slaying your enemies. But the real surprise is finding out who your enemies actually are.

The multiverse pushes beyond the limits of the scientific method. From our vantage point in the Universe, we cannot know if it’s real.

It’s no longer just VR vs. AR. There is an alphabet soup of metaverse acronyms, often used imprecisely. So, what do they all mean?

Today, the F-word is enjoying a renaissance the likes of which it hasn’t seen since, well, the Renaissance.