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Common knowledge says the maximum size of a PDF is as big as 40% of Germany — but that’s a gross underestimate.
In just a few seconds, a gamma-ray burst blasts out the same amount of energy that the Sun will radiate throughout its entire life.
We should not expect aliens to look anything like us. Creatures that resemble octopuses or birds or even robots are legitimate possibilities.
Today’s pseudoscience-ridden wellness industry owes a great debt to its forefathers.
It’s perhaps never been harder to resist the urge to overspend.
Bring not a bagpipe to a man in trouble.
As we gain new knowledge, our scientific picture of how the Universe works must evolve. This is a feature of the Big Bang, not a bug.
Is LK-99 truly a room temperature superconductor? These 4 tests, none of which have yet been passed, will separate fact from fiction.
In the year 2000, physicists created a list of the ten most important unsolved problems in their field. 25 years later, here’s where we are.
Most people care what others think of them. In many situations, that can be leveraged for the common good.
Our bodies crave more food if we haven’t had enough protein, and this can lead to a vicious cycle.
The Universe isn’t as “clumpy” as we think it should be.
You’ve heard of Stephen Hawking. Ever heard of Renata Kallosh? Didn’t think so.
As important as his Nobel Prize-winning technical accomplishments was his ability to communicate to the public.
Business leaders know they must prepare for technological upheavals in the years ahead. But keeping up-to-date on new technologies—to say nothing of understanding their complexities and forecasting those shifts—is an […]
Big Think co-founder and CEO Victoria Brown breaks down the process of transitioning from founder to boss in her new book, Digital Goddess.
Fintech companies are using elements of video games to make personal finance more fun. But does it work, and what are the risks?
Big Think’s co-founder and CEO, Victoria Montgomery Brown, offers six pieces of advice to founders in her forthcoming book.
Brain-computer interfaces could enable people with locked-in syndrome and other conditions to “speak.”
Science and the humanities have been antagonistic for too long. Many of the big questions of our time require them to work closer than ever.
“It’s a big resource in the way the human genome is a big resource, in that you can go in and do discovery-based research.”
Over time, the Universe becomes less dominated by dark matter and more dominated by dark energy. Is one transforming into the other?
What if the barrier to a fulfilled life isn’t technology but culture?
How much can something change and still be the same thing?
All biological systems are wildly disordered. Yet somehow, that disorder enables plant photosynthesis to be nearly 100% efficient.
DESI, by mapping galaxies, has claimed they see evidence for dark energy evolving by getting weaker. But that’s only one interpretation.
From the Palace of the Soviets to The Illinois, these unmade buildings would have taken the art of architecture to whole new heights.
Day trading has the potential to yield incredible profits, but without a time machine, you’re unlikely to achieve them.
The nature of civilizational threats has changed in a mere decade.