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The laws of physics obey certain symmetries and defy others. It’s theoretically tempting to add new ones, but reality doesn’t agree.
Centuries ago, the typical British coffeehouse was more like a “school without a master” than a place to grab a quick boost of caffeine.
Crystallization is an entirely random process, so scientists have developed clever ways to investigate it at a molecular level.
Though he renounced philosophy, Stephen Hawking’s final theory of the universe redraws the basic foundations of cosmology.
The new agency wants to push the boundaries of science and technology.
Jim Lee, President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics, tells us how his childhood obsession with Superman changed his life.
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Besides offering an incredibly cool way to get stuff into space, SpinLaunch promises to reduce the cost of a launch by 20-fold.
The human brain makes a striking deviation from the normal building plan.
The secret may lie in an old idiom: “Sleep on it.”
JWST has seen more distant galaxies than any other observatory, ever. But many candidates for “most distant of all” are likely impostors.
Big Think spoke with AI expert Nick Jennings about the future of regulating fast-evolving AI.
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The researchers suggest that their results demonstrate intelligence in silico.
Cal Newport explains how you and your teams can accomplish more while improving quality and supercharging workplace morale.
Is the Universe finite or infinite? Does it go on forever or loop back on itself? Here’s what would happen if you traveled forever.
Huge shifts in the workforce demand real-world changes in management practices; “command-and-control” no longer cuts it.
“Superhabitable” planets might be real, but Earth is probably as good as it gets.
Fire-retardant gels and slimes combine the best attributes of water and foam.
Great tidal ranges are relatively rare on a global scale — and can be very deadly to the unsuspecting foreshore walker.
If you have an old TV set with the “rabbit ear” antennae, and you set it to channel 03, that snowy static can reveal the Big Bang itself.
It’s the origin of our entire observable Universe, but it’s still not the very beginning of everything.
Is the multiverse real? It’s one of the hottest questions in all of theoretical physics. We invited two astrophysicists to join the debate.
Your expectations form the way you experience the world.