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For Women’s History Month we have a list of seven all women teams who changed history. Some were scientists, some soldiers, some living, and some long gone. All of them shaped the world.

A large-scale study of students in Maastricht provides valuable data on student performance. 

How did our world come to be ruled by a view of human nature that contradicts the testimony of much of history, and the bulk of the arts, and your daily experience? Mathoholics are to blame. 

Many great minds have plenty of bad things to say about democracy, but what about the people who think it is great?

Before Hawking, black holes were just static points in the background of space. His greatest scientific legacy taught us just how dynamic they are. In 1915, Albert Einstein published his General […]

How far back in time would you need to travel to find a common human ancestor of people living today? The answer is surprisingly recent.

Here’s the first evidence to challenge the “fastest sperm” narrative.

Studies indicate that most guns are owned by a small amount of Americans, while the majority’s views on gun control issues are ignored by lawmakers.

Early childhood science education can have significant positive effects on the achievement gap and on students’ educational outcomes later on.

A common belief that regulations are a burden on businesses is challenged by Maryn McKenna’s book Big Chicken. 

Think we’ll just responsibly choose more fuel efficient vehicles, and the market will take care of the rest? Good luck with that. Since the first oil crisis of the 1970s, there […]

Can understanding science make pop culture better, and can understanding pop culture make science more interesting? Absolutely.

Why not just put your detectors in place of a giant mirror? “Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.” –Yousuf […]

Those awful almost-changes they made? They could have avoided the whole problem by simply doing the math. Designed for artists, writers, and creatives* of all different persuasions, Patreon has become a […]

Greatest job ever? NASA will pay six-figures to a Planetary Protection Officer.

Scientists solve the mystery of an ancient Babylonian tablet, rewriting history. They think the tablet has much to teach us.

Groundbreaking research finds that the human brain creates multi-dimensional neural structures.

Neil deGrasse Tyson: “One of the things that I think is missing in the educational pipeline in America is… a class on what science is, and how and why it works.”

While it’s reasonable to trust that science will eventually answer our unsolved questions, assuming that it has all of the answers right now is not.

If the gravity isn’t where the matter is, things get into trouble very, very quickly. The above image, a composite of optical data, X-ray data, and a reconstructed mass map, is […]

So you think you’re “not a math person”? International Mathematical Olympiad coach Po-Shen Loh strongly disagrees.

The secret behind the Em Drive’s thrust, which is real, may be in the long-discarded pilot wave theory.

An increase in carbon dioxide is not doing good things to our produce. Or bodies.

“The quality of homework assigned is so poor that simply getting kids to read, replacing homework with self-selected reading, was a more powerful alternative,” said Professor Richard Allington.

An expert explains.

Should scientists and the more technological minded be given more power in a capitalist world?

Being a diverse organization means more than just filling out some quota for having minority groups on your teams and in your leadership roles. It means providing an inclusive work […]

Every week, we do a little round-up of comments from the Big Think Facebook. Here’s some of the more intriguing ones of the week. 

Our “one beer an hour” rule of thumb is based on drinking a bottle of Bud. Now that more people are drinking pints of stronger craft brews, how do we adjust this rule of thumb?

Mathematics is the academic class that is most socially acceptable to regard as your weak point. This is a shame.