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Is it saying too much to say something doesn’t exist when you have no evidence either way?
Your co-workers could be causing your insomnia.
The risk of space debris collisions grows greater every year.
It could put the American fossil fuel industry on a clear path to extinction.
“Everything in society today that can be solved by straightforward analysis gets solved immediately,” says Leonard Mlodinow, theoretical physicist and author of Elastic. Unfortunately, many problems aren’t that simple. To work […]
A review of Matthew Engelke’s How to Think Like an Anthropologist.
When you zoom far enough out, our universe has a very unusual structure.
Scientific surprises are often how science advances. But more often than not, they’re just bad science. When you’re a scientist, getting an unexpected result can be a double-edged sword. The best […]
How can Innovation Central not manage to solve its own sprawling homelessness?
There are three answers depending on what you consider the “edge,” but only two of them are known. If you were to go as far out into space as you can […]
Are Americans growing more skeptical of promises of investment from massive (digital) companies?
We’ve put so much together about the Universe. Could it all come tumbling down? We’re always on the lookout for the next big thing, and even our best guesswork is often […]
The cartoon heard ’round the world and what happened after.
In Upheaval, Jared Diamond points out the sad facts of American voter turnout.
On the latest episode of The Portal, the two men talk about the consequences of a public being shielded from battle.
The host of Hardcore History has written his first book, The End Is Always Near.
It shows Europe divided into two bafflingly unfamiliar blocs – what do red and blue stand for?
You can practically see them slipping away. Yes, they’re still in the conversation with you, at least physically, but you know: The other person has disengaged. Who knows where their […]
China has long spied on its own citizens, but a new report shows how foreigners are increasingly falling under the nation’s watchful eye.
The nature of our quantum Universe is puzzling, counterintuitive, and testable. The results don’t lie. Although our intuition is an incredibly useful tool for navigating daily life, developed from a lifetime […]
“Just tell me what you want me to do, and I’ll do it.” In her Big Think+ video, “Empower Your People — Conversational Moves for Engaging Your Team in Creative […]
A rare, ultra-diffuse galaxy is full of stars and not much else. Here’s how to make sense of it. One of the greatest puzzles in the entire Universe is the dark […]
Average waiting time for hitchhikers in Ireland: Less than 30 minutes. In southern Spain: More than 90 minutes.
New research identifies an unexpected source for some of earth’s water.
It’s been called the biggest conundrum in all of cosmology, and recent measurements just add to the confusion. One of the most puzzling facts about the Universe is that different […]
Tiny and efficient, these biodegradable single cells show promise as a way to target hard-to-reach cancers.
NASA announced the five winners of the latest phase of its 3D-Printing Habitat Competition for designing the structures to be used by humans on Mars.
Scientists may have seen a way to cure a maddening symptom of hearing loss.
It isn’t just a day that comes every four years; it’s everything we need to keep our calendar aligned with Earth’s orbit. Once every four years, at least under most circumstances, […]