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Really smart people don’t just demand intellectual engagement — they need the opportunity to learn and create something special.
We can’t always change our horrible bosses — but we can transform the ways we interact with them.
From the explosions themselves to their unique and vibrant colors, the fireworks displays we adore require quantum physics.
You can’t spot a liar just by looking — but psychologists are zeroing in on methods that might actually work.
Better cognitive control over our decisions can stave off disappointment in our actions.
Here’s what Europe would have looked like if the Confederation of the Danube had been established after WWII.
Empty, intergalactic space is just 2.725 K: not even three degrees above absolute zero. But the Boomerang Nebula is even colder.
A healthy endocannabinoid system is critical to the human body’s immune functions.
No. No no no. Just… no. The JWST has truly blown our scientific minds, but it’s a pure crackpot idea that the Big Bang is now disproven.
Sound may be an overlooked tool for boosting well-being.
Even though the leftover glow from the Big Bang creates a bath of radiation at only 2.725 K, some places in the Universe get even colder.
To understand others, you need to see past their fleeting emotions. You must perceive who they are as people.
Look out at a distant object, and you’re not seeing it as it is today. It’s size, brightness, and actual distance are all different.
The typical car is parked 95% of the time.
An independent researcher looks into why there’s such strong opposition to her research.
While weltschmerz — literally “world-pain” — may be unpleasant, it can also spur us to change things for the better.
As particles travel through the Universe, there’s a speed limit to how fast they’re allowed to go. No, not the speed of light: below it.
If words are really only 7% of communication, then why would anyone need to learn a foreign language?
The old linear job model is obsolete. Our post-pandemic work lives are defined by options and flexibility.
ChatGPT doesn’t understand physics, but it memorizes very well and puts in extra effort.
Certain cancers are striking earlier than they used to.
“I believe that in the future, there will be a Francis Bacon of AI art,” Saltz tells Big Think. “We just haven’t seen that artist yet.”
Many animals engage in “zoopharmacognosy” or self-medication.
Recent claims put LK-99 as the first room temperature, ambient pressure superconductor ever. Has the game changed, or is it merely hype?
From here on Earth, looking farther away in space means looking farther back in time. So what are distant Earth-watchers seeing right now?
Admitting that we know little about our future selves can radically improve our decision-making.
Meet the masterful con-men who impressed the great and the good despite the astonishing fiction of their very existence.
“Hubble’s Law” is only an approximation, and breaks down when we need it most. From anywhere in the Universe, you can choose to look out at any other galaxy that’s present. […]
Our huge, expanding Universe may truly be infinite. But if the set of possible quantum outcomes is also infinite, which “infinity” wins?