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Some of the world’s top minds weigh in on one of the most divisive questions in tech.

Textual analysis of social media posts finds users’ anxiety and suicide-risk levels are rising, among other negative trends.

The university model needs to evolve.

A curated list of must-watch films from Big Think readers.

A recent NIHR report found that students with previously low connectedness scores saw improvement in well-being and eased anxiety.

Superposition, entanglement, qubits, and Google’s big announcement.

The theory could resolve some unanswered questions.

A new study looks at what would happen to human language on a long journey to other star systems.

Have we always had quantum fields in the Universe? Or did they emerge at some finite time? No matter how we look at the Universe — at low temperatures or ultra-high energies, from […]

Your television may soon get a serious upgrade.

A fully programmable quantum computer that can outperform any classical computer is right at the edge of today’s technology. Earlier this month, a new story leaked out: Google, one of […]

From ultra-realistic graphics to more intelligent A.I. characters, the 2020s will bring some mind-bending video games.

Watch the plasma slide down the prominence like a roller coaster! Our Sun, despite it’s outward appearance as a perfectly hot sphere, is anything but uniform. When take a closer look […]

In principle, the laws of physics are the same forwards and backwards. But in practice, time only runs in one direction. Most of the laws of physics are the same […]

Despite the hype, these technologies aren’t relevant right now. But they could be in the future.

Way back in 1965, the soon-to-be founder of Intel, Gordon Moore, published a paper predicting that the number of transistors that could fit on a computer chip would double every […]

Hubble’s still going strong after 31+ years. James Webb will never make it that long. Every decision that’s made — in both astronomy and in life — comes with its own set of pros and […]

Opportunistic agility is running rampant among hackers and scammers.

Fifty years ago at UCLA, the first message was sent over the predecessor to the internet.

Ezra Klein offers good reasons to take a skeptical look at automation apocalypse theories.

If you can’t surpass it in a vacuum, try doing so in a medium instead. In our Universe, there are a few rules that everything must obey. Energy, momentum, and angular […]

Apps that warn about close contact with COVID-19 cases can help relax social distancing rules.

OCD sufferers cannot trust past experiences, making the future even harder to manage.

Scientists make an important discovery for the future of computing.

Job applicants now have to contend with the growing use of artificial intelligence in hiring decisions.

Without regulations, implicit bias could shape artificial intelligence into a nightmare for some.

We’ve got five great eBook bundles that can get you working in five of the hottest tech fields around, all at a fraction of their original price.

Non-avian dinosaurs were thought terrestrially bound, but newly unearthed fossils suggest they conquered prehistoric waters, too.

A recent computer analysis found that millions of possible chemical compounds could be used to store genetic information. This begs the question — why DNA?

A new survey found that 27 percent of millennials are saving more money due to the pandemic, but most can’t stay within their budgets.