Achieving liquid light at room temperature will boost research into quantum hydrodynamics.
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Scientists at GW School of Engineering and Applied Science develop a prototype solar panel that captures nearly double the amount of energy from light.
It’s time to bust one of the biggest myths about where the night sky’s most spectacular, seasonal shows come from. Meteor showers are one of the night sky’s most spectacular sights […]
In his latest book, ‘When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing’, Daniel Pink makes a convincing case for more naps.
Before Hawking, black holes were just static points in the background of space. His greatest scientific legacy taught us just how dynamic they are. In 1915, Albert Einstein published his General […]
New research in psychedelics is showing them to be a powerful antidote to depression. We need to implement them into therapy.
CERN’s LHC has just found evidence of the odder on quasiparticle after a 44-year search.
In the earliest stages of the Universe, before there were protons or neutrons, we had a quark-gluon plasma. The story of our cosmic history is one of an expanding and […]
Going back to the basics is often the best path forward.
In his new book, The Consciousness Instinct, Michael Gazzaniga does a deep dive into the process of consciousness.
From millions of miles to millions of light years, there’s nothing else that leaves trails like this. When you point your telescope at the distant Universe, observing a faint, massive object […]
Albert Einstein’s famous thought experiments led to groundbreaking ideas.
Even though we’ve never seen them, here’s what we already know. “Suddenly whole new programs open up, things you can do that you could never do before. It’d be great scientifically, […]
Before there were humans, planets, or even stars and galaxies, we had to make the first elements. Here’s how they happened. From the first moments of Big Bang to the […]
A new study shows that teens who use bullying tactics have more sexual partners.
Scientists have been probing our solar system for extraterrestrial life.
Big Think speaks with the American who’s spent the most time in space, astronaut Peggy Whitson, looking back on what she learned during life in orbit.
A new podcast tells the incredible tale of the next great leap into the Universe “And so far as I’m concerned, I’m not going to run a program that’s just a […]
20 years ago, we discovered that distant galaxies were accelerating away from us. Here’s how the Universe makes it happen. Matter and energy tell spacetime how to curve; curved spacetime tells […]
No matter what the science says, there’s no excuse for cruel behavior to a colleague. Look out into the distant Universe as far as you possibly can, and you’ll come […]
Here are some of the most impactful scientific achievements in a year full of discoveries.
Researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School have developed a tattoo ink that could potentially be used to monitor medical conditions, with ink that changes in response to physical conditions.
Watch what it might look like to travel from the sun to Jupiter at the speed of light.
Researchers find an unexpected side effect of rising carbon dioxide levels in a remote tropical forest.
When we call something ugly, we say something about ourselves – and what we fear or dread.
Researchers believe that the practice of sleeping through the whole night didn’t really take hold until just a few hundred years ago.
From what it’s expanding into to whether things are moving faster-than-light, this clears up some of our greatest misconceptions. “The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders […]
This list of 10 non-winners is 50% women, but 100% outrageous. In science, advances often come in great leaps. In hindsight, it’s easy to identify perhaps hundreds of small steps […]
“Nice and in control: the twin peaks of a good reputation…But since we are riddled with contradiction, this is not a simple story.”
Cosmic collision yields bullion by the billions.
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