The secret ingredient is violence, and it just might indicate that “moonmoons” aren’t as uncommon as most astronomers think.
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If we’re going to discuss oceanography and climate change, we should at least identify the currents correctly.
Data from the Zhurong rover suggests the Red Planet was wet more recently than we thought.
A simple semantic device — invented by a forgotten senator — can help us break “the curse of knowledge.”
The costs of such an endeavor would be extremely high, while the potential payoffs would be uncertain.
To clear Scotland’s roads in winter, the local traffic agency employs heavy machinery with punny names. Can you grit and bear it?
As the Sun ages, it loses mass, causing Earth to spiral outward in its orbit. Will that cool the Earth down, or will other effects win out?
This minimalist map unties Asia’s mountainous geography, centered on the “Pamir Knot.”
The detection of two celestial interlopers careening through our solar system has scientists eagerly anticipating more.
The outer planets’ clouds hide the weirdness within.
All across the Universe, planets come in a wide variety of sizes, masses, compositions, and temperatures. And most have rain and snow.
The mountain can generate lenticular clouds, which may contribute to its supernatural reputation.
Virtually all the statistical methods researchers commonly use assume potential mating partners decide who they will have children with based on a roll of the dice.
New research finds that dinosaurs were already adapted to living in cold climates before the end-Triassic mass extinction. But how?
Ocean fertilization is extremely controversial, but if done correctly, it just might work.
Lake Baikal holds nearly one-fourth of Earth’s fresh surface water and is the most scientifically interesting lake on our planet.
Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, “precrastination,” and Westeros lore.
We rightly celebrate Winston Churchill as one of the world’s greatest leaders — but for all the wrong reasons.
The recent discovery of a large cave on the Moon highlights the importance of caves not just for future space explorers but astrobiology as well.
In the 1970s, James Lovelock proposed that the biosphere was not just green scruff quivering on Earth’s surface. Instead, it managed to take over the geospheres.
The best of all investor attributes is easily attained — and unbeatable in combination with other advantages.
Technology goes in directions we can never predict — so we must be prepared to limit the spread of unintended consequences.
Total eclipses are a product of a strange and almost eerie cosmic coincidence — one that makes Earth an even rarer world in the galaxy and, by proxy, in the Universe.
This is a great improvement over the typical brew time of 12 to 18 hours.
Since the time of Galileo, Saturn’s rings have remained an unexplained mystery. A new idea may have finally solved the longstanding puzzle.
The ANITA experiment found cosmic rays shooting out of Antarctica. One interpretation claims “parallel Universes,” but is that right?
The answer is set to change in the year 2113, a recent estimate suggests.
Author A.J. Jacobs explores how voting has changed since the days of the Founding Fathers — for better and for worse.
A chemist explains the real reason your family dinner is such a risky ordeal.
Hundreds of millions of animals get killed for meat every day.