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If nature were perfectly deterministic, atoms would almost instantly all collapse. Here’s how Heisenberg uncertainty saves the atom.

There’s an extra source of massive “stuff” in our Universe beyond what gravitation and normal matter can explain. Could light be the answer?

Pain relievers like acetaminophen and ibuprofen are made with chemicals derived from oil. Scientists have shown how to make them from trees.

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

Evolution repeatedly hit upon this solution simply because it works.

It depends on how you define it.

The whole isn’t greater than the sum of its parts; that’s a flaw in our thinking. Non-reductionism requires magic, not merely science.

Once activated, the CRISPR-Cas12a2 system goes on a rampage, chopping up DNA and RNA indiscriminately, causing cell death.

Some constants, like the speed of light, exist with no underlying explanation. How many “fundamental constants” does our Universe require?

While executive function matures between 18 and 20 years of age, the brain keeps changing long afterward.

Aiming to unlock the secrets of his unconscious mind, Jung experimented with intensive daydreaming.

Genes are sometimes called the “blueprint of life,” but that doesn’t make them the behavioral playbook.

In a recent paper, biologists outlined a three-part hypothesis for how all life as we know it began.

There was a lot of hype and a lot of nonsense, but also some profoundly major advances. Here are the biggest ones you may have missed.

The major transformation in the where of modern workplaces is about to collide with a transformation in who is doing that work.

A new framework describes how thought arises from the coordination of neural activity driven by oscillating electric fields — a.k.a. brain “waves” or “rhythms.”

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

An unexpected ancient manufacturing strategy may hold the key to designing concrete that lasts for millennia.

In today’s political climate, how can we come together and seek some common ground or understanding? What are the mechanics of doing that? Is there some script or set of […]

It’s hard to know what other people know. But it’s not impossible.

Unconsidered productivity might leave you moving efficiently in the entirely wrong direction.

Perhaps no existential question looms larger than that of our ultimate cosmic origins. At long last, science has provided the answers.

Recent claims put LK-99 as the first room temperature, ambient pressure superconductor ever. Has the game changed, or is it merely hype?

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

From the Palace of the Soviets to The Illinois, these unmade buildings would have taken the art of architecture to whole new heights.

Former President and CEO of Celebrity Cruises, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, unpacks the leadership strategy behind her success.

First discovered in the mid-1960s, no cosmic signal has taught us more about the Universe, or spurred more controversy, than the CMB.

We need a hypothesis that accounts for both the fine-tuning of physics for life but also the arbitrariness and gratuitous suffering we find in the world.

Like ultra-hardy plants that thrive in harsh conditions, businesses that see crises as opportunities are likely to win in the long run.

Do we really need to be religious to run a society well?