Successful romantic relationships require desire, but that desire doesn’t have to be sexual.
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Black holes aren’t just the densest masses in the Universe, but they also spin the fastest of all massive objects. Here’s why it must be so.
Humans seemingly have opposing desires to fit in and to be unique. The interplay between these might drive the evolution of fads.
Humanity is poised to pass the 8 billion milestone mid-November, but population growth is actually slowing down.
To preserve biodiversity and ecosystems, protected areas should be connected into a gigantic World Park.
Just 13.8 billion years after the hot Big Bang, we can see 46.1 billion light-years away in all directions. Doesn’t that violate…something?
It may depend on whether you’re an “easily empathetically embarrassed” person.
Historically, periods of mass flourishing are underpinned by technological revolutions. Currently, we are undergoing a technological revolution unlike anything the world has ever seen.
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.
Automation technologies manufacture goods or provide labor with minimal human intervention. They can trace their origins as far back as the 16th century—and arguably further—but didn’t take off until the […]
Dark matter has never been directly detected, but the astronomical evidence for its existence is overwhelming. Here’s what to know.
The Universe is supposed to be the same everywhere and in all directions. So what’s that giant “cold spot” doing out there?
Searching for dark matter, the XENON collaboration found absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. Here’s why that’s an extraordinary feat.
A spherical structure nearly one billion light-years wide has been spotted in the nearby Universe, dating all the way back to the Big Bang.
Singularities frustrate our understanding. But behind every singularity in physics hides a secret door to a new understanding of the world.
Shortly after planet Earth formed, life took a permanent hold on our surface. But just how common is such an outcome?
Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, “precrastination,” and Westeros lore.
Suppose that fetuses are persons. Since pregnant people are too, how should conflicts between them be settled?
A wild, compelling idea without a direct, practical test, the Multiverse is highly controversial. But its supporting pillars sure are stable.
A biotech startup has received $15 million in funding to genetically recreate woolly mammoths and rewild them in Siberia.
Augustine’s theology came to define Christianity, but there was a rival theology.
The Russian mindset is characterized by cynicism and distrust.
Earth is the Solar System’s only known inhabited planet. Could Venus, if its phosphine signal is real, be our second world with life?
The highest earning Myers-Briggs personality type? ENTJ.
If you think everyone around you is terrible, the joke may be on you.
Since its observation discovery in the 1990s, dark energy has been one of science’s biggest mysteries. Could black holes be the cause?
Fulfillment at work isn’t about finding your passion; it’s about cultivating the relationships that create a sense of belonging.
Sometimes, going “deeper” doesn’t reveal the answers you seek. By viewing more Universe with better precision, ESA’s Euclid mission shines.
There is much more to the Kama Sutra than just sex. It’s a guide to anyone wanting more pleasure in life, however they take it.
Life arose on Earth very early on. After a few billion years, here we are: intelligent and technologically advanced. Where’s everyone else?