For centuries, Newton’s inverse square law of gravity worked beautifully, but no one knew why. Here’s how Einstein finally explained it.
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This century alone has already had a couple of Onesdays (1/11/11 and 11/11/11).
Dark matter’s hallmark is that it gravitates, but shows no sign of interacting under any other force. Does that mean we’ll never detect it?
The future of American jobs isn’t only services and tech.
Considering the perspectives of others has important benefits for individuals and for society. There is one easy way to do it.
Quantum superposition challenges our notions of what is real.
We once thought the Moon was completely airless, but it turns out it has an atmosphere, after all. Even wilder: It has a tail of its own.
Centuries ago, the plague forced people into quarantine for years. Isaac Newton and Galileo used the time to revolutionize the world.
Were Hitler’s SS henchmen willing executioners fueled by racial propaganda or mindless servants vying for promotions?
On the largest of cosmic scales, the Universe is expanding. But it isn’t all-or-nothing everywhere, as “collapse” is also part of the story.
It’s sustainable, nutritious and delicious. Scientists need to ramp up efforts to meet this urgent need.
A competency framework is a way to align individual performance with organizational goals. Read on to learn how.
The “first-of-its-kind” archeological find is being reburied despite the fact that researchers haven’t finished studying it.
Scientific journals, which are supposed to be the sacred scriptures of academia, are often full of shoddy research and misinformation.
Financial setbacks are more common than you might think.
“We should be informed and educated about the risks of AI, but we can’t be afraid,” Khan Academy founder Sal Khan told Big Think.
The light from Earendel took 12.9 billion years to reach Hubble. The star is millions of times brighter than our Sun and 50 times as massive.
Though quantum mechanics is an incredibly successful theory, nobody knows what it means. Scientists now must confront its philosophical implications.
Outfitted with wheels and rotors, the bot can morph from a land drone into a quadcopter in seconds.
About 2.5% of women and 2.2% of men in the U.S. meet the criteria for body dysmorphic disorder.
Historical analyses reveal that crises almost always yield surprising benefits.
As the first Friedmann equation celebrates its 99th anniversary, it remains the one equation to describe our entire universe.
Like sneaking veggies into dessert, these board games teach STEM, strategy, and executive functions through the joys of play.
Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that use online ledgers, called blockchains, to record transactions. These blockchains are decentralized, meaning the permanent record is not stored in one location but exists on […]
The study identified superhabitable planets outside of our solar system.
How two seemingly distinct exoplanet systems turned out to be related. Practically every star in the Milky Way has a similar origin story. At some point in the past, a molecular […]
Truth needs us to define the rules, grammar, and criteria for true statements. But can we do this within language itself?
One day, this powerful tool could be in millions of smartphones.
Role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons offer a valuable insight: Life is about shifting labels.