There are ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way, and ~2 trillion galaxies in the visible Universe. But what if we aren’t typical?
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The last 70 years have taken us farther than the previous 70,000. But can we accomplish more than creating a record saying, “We were here?”
Did you know that American politics has become polarized? Shocking news, we know, but in case your news feed wasn’t evidence enough, Pew Research Center has been tracking the phenomenon […]
It started with a 22-year-old woman, named in papers only as Mrs McK.
As the American population grows, fewer people will die of cancer.
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The brain is highly plastic — the more we do a particular action, the more we change its makeup. Money is a great motivator for habit-forming actions.
In theory, the fabric of space could have been curved in any way imaginable. So why is the Universe flat when we measure it?
Our greatest tool for exploring the world inside atoms and molecules, and specifically electron transitions, just won 2023’s Nobel Prize.
The anthropic principle has fascinating scientific uses, where the simple fact of our existence holds deep physical lessons. Don’t abuse it!
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Our Universe requires dark matter in order to make sense of things, astrophysically. Could massive photons do the trick?
Scientists are probing the head games that influence athletic performance, from coaching to coping with pressure.
What’s the point of all that money?
Learn to whip up some of the most popular cocktails — from classic mojitos to white chocolate and coconut martinis.
Michio Kaku predicts, among other things, how we’ll build cities on Mars and why cancer will one day be like the common cold.
Although early Earth was a molten hellscape, once it cooled, life arose almost immediately. That original chain of life remains unbroken.
Arguments are a normal and often healthy part of a relationship. It all depends on picking the right kind of arguments, though.
There is nothing more important to science than its ability to prove ideas wrong.
How many tins of beans make a stockpile, and when does a basement become a bunker?
In the wake of the pandemic, the crystal industry boomed, with customers hoping the stones might relieve a little anxiety.
A next-generation instrument on a delayed rover may be the key to answering the question of life on Mars.
Predicting how emerging technologies will impact industry is more difficult than it seems—and it seems plenty difficult. The reason is that we envision the future based on the present. We […]
Join Big Think’s co-founder and president Peter Hopkins in conversation with Professor Linda Hill on what it takes to be a boss during COVID-19.
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We are generally taught that there is an arc of history — an inevitable path of progress that leads to modern society. Maybe it isn’t true.
Regardless of political ideology, one of the few things that many people seem to have in common is a moral hypocrisy that arises from a fundamental lack of self-reflection.
People usually think about the military when they talk about trauma. But for every soldier who gets PTSD in a war zone, there’s at least 30 children who get traumatized […]
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The pattern 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc., is the Fibonacci sequence. It shows up all over nature. But what’s the full explanation behind it?