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Simple physics makes hauling vast ice chunks thousands of miles fiendishly difficult — but not impossible.

From the present day all the way to less than 400 million years after the Big Bang, we’re seeing how the Universe grew up like never before.

God is not a vending machine, but is it wrong to treat him like one?

It is wrong to think that these three statements contradict each other. We need to see that they are all true to see that a better world is possible.

What if the barrier to a fulfilled life isn’t technology but culture?

To this day, one cult believes that Lemuria was real, and that its people left us the sacred wisdom to revive their advanced civilization.

Humans, when we consider space travel, recognize the need for gravity. Without our planet, is artificial or antigravity even possible?

On the largest cosmic scales, galaxies line up along filaments, with great clusters forming at their intersection. Here’s how it took shape.

500 sheep were slaughtered to produce the 2,060 pages of the “Codex Amiatinus,” a Latin translation of the Bible.

Too many companies fail to recognize that “the deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated” — but the solution is easy.

“The more I unleash myself from the tethers of domestication, the happier I feel.”

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Explore how belief shapes destiny, from Oedipus Rex to modern geopolitics.

Experiments tell us quantum entanglement defies space and time.

If the past is any guide, things are going to take off quickly.

No matter what physical system we consider, nature always obeys the same fundamental laws. Must it be this way, and if so, why?

The Big Bang is commonly misunderstood, warping our understanding about the Universe’s size and shape.

From the Big Bang to black holes, singularities are hard to avoid. The math definitely predicts them, but are they truly, physically real?

Before we formed stars, atoms, elements, or even got rid of our antimatter, the Big Bang made neutrinos. And we finally found them.

“We do not experience primarily because we have brains; we experience because we are alive.”

By focusing on the role of human experience, we may uncover new insights on the fundamental structure of reality.

The corporate unicorn was yesterday — now we should consider the wisdom of black and white stripes.

His grandfather, a member of Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb team, foresaw the potential of nuclear energy to power cities — not destroy them.

The existential philosopher argued that an authentic and meaningful life is measured by choice.

“We are not our grandparents. It’s time to start thinking differently,” journalist Annie Jacobsen told Big Think.

The world needs a moral defense of progress based in humanism and agency.

It’s possible to remove all forms of matter, radiation, and curvature from space. When you do, dark energy still remains. Is this mandatory?

The One Ring has its own agency and sentience — and it opens up a wonderful philosophy of things beyond our comprehension.

Are fava beans and chianti really the best pairing for human liver?

A study shows that the brains of lonely individuals respond in odd ways to visual stimuli, while those of non-lonely people react similarly.