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The most common visual depictions of the history of the Universe show the Big Bang as a growing tube with an “ignition” point. Why is that?

The divers spend their waking hours either under hundreds of feet of water on the ocean floor or squeezed into an area the size of a restaurant booth.

More than mindless bloodshed, the gladiatorial games were organized sports. Gladiators were treated as world-class athletes, receiving superior diets and medical care.

Brain-computer interfaces could enable people with locked-in syndrome and other conditions to “speak.”

Lab experiments showed Caribbean box jellyfish are quick studies of their environment.

In all the known Universe, Earth is the only planet known to have native life. What should guide us in expanding humanity beyond our world?

Playing the long game in Japan is about creating something so enduring that it becomes timeless.

Networking — not zombie-crunching your job applications — gives you a better chance of getting sourced or referred for a role.

Like many of us, the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius hated waking up early, but his stoic philosophy always helped him get out of bed.

What do you call it when the Earth shakes for three decades?

If words are really only 7% of communication, then why would anyone need to learn a foreign language?

American students are being compelled to specialize earlier and earlier. Here’s what it takes to build a successful physics foundation.

“I was stunned. Here in front of me was the original apparatus through which a new vision of the world was slowly and painfully brought to light.”

According to Harvard career advisor Gorick Ng, this time-saving system can help us reclaim our work-life sanity.

Wolfgang Pauli was a brilliant, well-liked physicist and a scathing critic of balderdash.

In 1980, Willy Brandt drew a line across the map that still influences how we think about the world.

Even if you aren’t in the path of totality, you can still use the solar eclipse to measure how long it takes the Moon to orbit Earth.

A reduced working week, argues Juliet Schor, is part of a sane response to the impacts of AI and robotization on human labor.

When Star Trek’s Captain Picard and The Office’s Dwight Schrute channel philosopher Karl Jaspers, we can all benefit.

George Raveling — the iconic leader who brought Michael Jordan to Nike — shares with Big Think a lifetime of priceless wisdom learned at the crossroads of sports and business.

This small phase 1 study suggests that CRISPR-engineered T cells are safe and potentially effective, but there is a long way to go.

Sound may be an overlooked tool for boosting well-being.

Take it from Bezos, Musk, and Einstein — rethinking lines of inquiry can transform business, investing, and innovation strategy.

Hackers are in an arms race with cyber defenders. Will AI tip the balance?

The TRAPPIST-1 system is a treasure trove of possibilities and questions. Observations by JWST have just begun.

Driven by a childhood marked by war and environmental devastation, Dyhia Belhabib developed an innovative technology to combat illegal fishing.

The Michelson-Morley experiment of 1887, despite expectations, revealed a null result: no effect. The implications were revolutionary.

How has tennis changed in recent decades? The wear and tear on Wimbledon’s Centre Court may tell the tale.

Achieving values and pursuing growth is the real secret to a fulfilled life.

A new SETI study shows how far the field of technosignatures has come.