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Could studying the Oriental hornet lead to a treatment for people with alcohol use disorder?

When all your teammates fall for “the emperor’s new clothes,” the results can be disastrous — here’s how to bust the groupthink.

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

Just 12% of Americans account for half the country’s total beef consumption.

The rise and fall of Josh Harris — the genius who anticipated the digital revolution just a little too soon.

The psychology of people who cut off all communication—and how that affects their partners.

Lord Kelvin is thought to have said there was nothing new to discover in physics. His real view was the opposite.

The first of these devices is already on the market — the AI-powered Ray-Bans from Meta.

Historians have been able to piece together a clear picture of how the average Roman citizen spent their waking hours.

Fears of celestial collisions — and calculations of their likelihood — go back to the very origins of modern science itself.

David Novak — the cofounder, and former CEO and chairman, of Yum! Brands — celebrates the benefits of active, lifelong learning.

13.8 columnist Marcelo Gleiser reflects on his recent voyage to Earth’s last wild continent.

Hunger rates are rising. These technologies could turn the tide.

The simulation hypothesis is fun to talk about, but believing it requires an act of faith.

An evidence-based policy movement is arming the fight with tools and programs that are more effective than ever before.

According to neuropsychologist Julia DiGangi, no one can live a life free of emotional pain. We can only choose how those emotions empower us.

The story of how the world high jump record was smashed in 1968 contains golden lessons for business and innovation.

Big Think spoke with animator and animation historian Tom Sito about the cyclical evolution of animation.

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

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

Take a seat. Take a breath. Take a break.

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

If you guessed “staying up all night to play video games,” you’d be right.

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.

Get rid of the notion that the best employees come from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.

The artistic and the mathematical mind are not so far apart.

If you eat a diet full of refined grains, high-sugar drinks, and sweets, there’s a good chance you have too much insulin.

One alchemist’s search for a whiz-bang method to produce gold unlocked the central science instead.

What creates our private, inner universes is still a mystery.

Many mavericks look to Einstein as a unique figure, whose lone genius revolutionized the Universe. The big problem? It isn’t true.