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Back in the 1930s, Fritz Zwicky postulated the existence of dark matter. No one took it seriously until Vera Rubin’s work: 40 years later.

The highest-energy particles of all come from space, not human-made colliders. When it comes to the most energetic particle collisions of all, you might think that the Large Hadron Collider […]

Leading a scientific revolution is easy: you just have to succeed where the current theory fails while equaling its successes. Good luck!

Historian Timothy Snyder talks with Big Think about how true liberty requires both negative and positive freedoms.

Whenever someone waxes poetic about terraforming alien worlds, it’s worth taking a moment to consider the ethical implications of the proposal.

Yes, the Universe is expanding, but you might wonder, “How fast is it expanding?”

When leaders connect enterprise ambition with the driving spirit of activism, everyone wins.

Scientists put the most mysterious force in the Universe to the ultimate test. When it comes to the Universe, it’s easy to make the incorrect assumption that what we see is […]

The amygdala can hijack your brain’s response if it recognizes past trauma in a current situation. To regain control, simply press pause.

Without the time to mentally disengage from work, people can slip into burnout.

It’s the paradoxical observation that the more we try to process, the less we actually can.

Here’s how it works.

In a time when we dislike and distrust our politicians, why can’t we get more popular leaders like Kim Jong Un and Bashar al-Assad?

If dark energy gets stronger with time, our fate could be an utter catastrophe. When it comes to the entire Universe, one of the biggest existential questions we’re capable of […]

The difference between predictions and observations of the magnetic properties of muons suggests a mystery for the Standard Model.

A-list lessons for better work-life collaboration — direct from the movie set.

Holograms preserve all of an object’s 3D information, but on a 2D surface. Could the holographic Universe idea lead us to higher dimensions?

Growing evidence suggests a link between the debilitating neurological illness and the microbes that live in our intestines. The vagus nerve may be a pathway.

At all distances, the Universe expands along our line-of-sight. But we can’t measure side-to-side motions; could it be rotating as well?

The guilt-free air conditioning, called “cooling paper,” is made from recyclable paper and doesn’t use any electricity.

The first supernova ever discovered through its X-rays has an enormously powerful engine at its core. It’s unlike anything ever seen.

If it wasn’t a singularity, how small could it have been? Today, when you look out in any direction as far as the laws of physics allow us to see, the […]

The cognitive scientist argues the current AI environment is failing us as consumers and a society. But it’s not too late to change course.

Cody Delistraty explores if laughter can help alleviate the physical symptoms of grief.

It’s common knowledge that syncing your circadian rhythm to a natural light-dark cycle could improve your health and well-being.

The “island rule” hypothesizes that species shrink or supersize to fill insular niches not available to them on the mainland.

A report from MIT outlines a six-point plan to usher in a new age of nuclear power.

Edible electronics, devices that can be broken down and digested, could perform many useful functions inside the body.

The great philosopher spent the final portion of his painful life in a vegetative state. Did illness get him there, or was it his own philosophy?

The first “running machine” — later known as the bicycle — symbolizes a key design idea.