Could this finally be the clue we’ve hoped for in uncovering the truth about dark matter? In the physical sciences, theory and observation are supposed to work hand-in-hand. Theorists work out […]
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Watch the plasma slide down the prominence like a roller coaster! Our Sun, despite it’s outward appearance as a perfectly hot sphere, is anything but uniform. When take a closer look […]
The EmDrive turns out to be the “um…” drive after all, as a new study dubs any previous encouraging EmDrive results “false positives.”
When we rely on the conscious mind alone, we lose; but when we listen to the body, we gain a winning edge.
A curated list of must-watch films from Big Think readers.
A large study shows changes in the brain scans of lonely people in the area involved in imagination, memory, and daydreaming.
A new study shows our planet is much closer to the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s center than previously estimated.
The Twin Jet nebula, shown here, is a stunning example of a bipolar preplanetary nebula. At the center, a dying star is in the final stages of life where it […]
The Chegg cheating scandal reveals a critical need to rethink the student experience in post-COVID education.
Fermilab’s TeVatron just released the best mass measurement of the W-boson, ever. Here’s what doesn’t add up.
A new paper explores how noise from human activities pollutes the oceans, and what we can do to fix it.
A new study explores how the brain encodes different scents — a topic which scientists know relatively little about, compared to our other senses.
By the end of the decade, we may discover one million black holes. A large enough mass in a compact volume inevitably forms a black hole. Both inside and outside the […]
We may be different in many ways, but the cosmic story is the same for each of us. In all the Universe, you won’t find another planet identical to Earth. Planet […]
Can researchers use data science to accurately predict the future?
No matter how your year went, Hubble’s views of the Universe never disappoint. Year after year, Hubble’s telescopic views are unparalleled. Saturn, its rings, and 5 of its moons are […]
Darwin was right again—sort of.
Why do Black newborns have a relatively high mortality rate in the U.S. — and how does the race of the doctor factor in?
To overcome burnout, we need to change how we think about the relationship between dignity and work, argues Jonathan Malesic.
Hubble, our greatest space-based observatory today, is just the beginning. The Hubble Space Telescope has been astronomy’s most revolutionary observatory in history. The stars and galaxies we see today didn’t […]
The largest moon in our Solar System, often overlooked, is a water-rich world. Does that mean life? Here on Earth, life took hold very early on in our planet’s history, and […]
A physicist creates an AI algorithm that predicts natural events and may prove the simulation hypothesis.
The Universe is dark, but the distorted light reveals its presence. When we look at the objects in the Universe, the mass just doesn’t add up. A galaxy that was […]
Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.
How much of this can be linked to genetics?
Air pollution poses “a significant risk to brain development” according to researchers.
There was a time in the Universe before we formed stars. Here’s how we’re exploring it. When we look out at the Universe today, we see that it’s full of […]
Has all this happened before, and will all this happen once again? There are only a few questions, when we ask them, that force us to reckon with the fundamental nature […]