From the earliest stages of the hot Big Bang (and even before) to our dark energy-dominated present, how and when did the Universe grow up?
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The crisis of the Anthropocene challenges our traditional narratives and myths about humanity’s place in the world. Citizen science can help.
Flashy desalination technology is more costly and cumbersome than many other solutions.
For some reason, when we talk about the age of stars, galaxies, and the Universe, we use “years” to measure time. Can we do better?
After decades of development, whether NASA’s Webb succeeds or fails all comes down to five critical milestones that are only days away.
As the first Friedmann equation celebrates its 99th anniversary, it remains the one equation to describe our entire universe.
New research reveals that the face can affect the shape of the brain through a complex “cross-talk” between the two structures.
Looking with lasers, researchers discovered that many Olmec and Mayan ruins seem to have been constructed from the same blueprint.
ChatGPT’s capabilities are astonishing.
Air conditioning may keep a room cool, but using it is heating up the planet. It is time for something new — or old.
The synthetic cartilage was made from cellulose fibers — the stuff found in wood — mixed with a goo called polyvinyl alcohol.
Life became a possibility in the Universe as soon as the raw ingredients were present. But living, inhabited worlds required a bit more.
Did fire change the development of the human brain?
“It’s not a secret that legal language is very hard to understand. It’s borderline incomprehensible a lot of the time.”
Today, supermassive black holes and their host galaxies tell a specific story in terms of mass. But JWST reveals a different story early on.
Adolescents actively shape the transformation of religion and become the bearers of new religious patterns, worldviews, and values.
Music therapy might boost memory, but the benefits are small. Just in case, tell your grandparents to listen to their favorite 1960s tunes.
Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, “precrastination,” and Westeros lore.
If dark matter exists in a large halo in our galaxy, made up of particles, then it’s passing through us constantly. But how much?
About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]
What if we could harvest energy from human heat, sweat, or vibrations?
There are many things that separate science from ideology, politics, philosophy, or religion. Follow these 10 commandments to get it right.
A great many cosmic puzzles still remain unsolved. By embracing a broad and varied approach, particle physics heads toward a bright future.
The Schumann resonances are the background hum of the entire planet. But they don’t affect humans in any way.
Gamification, minimalist design, using AI to track behavior — this article dives into these and other key ways to optimize an eLearning strategy.
Metal-like materials have been discovered in a very strange place.
Earth wasn’t created until more than 9 billion years after the Big Bang. In some lucky places, life could have arisen almost right away.
Although we still don’t know the question, we know that the answer to life, the Universe, and everything is 42. Here are 5 possibilities.
The sharpest optical images, for now, come from the Hubble Space Telescope. A ground-based technique can make images over 100 times sharper.