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It has already been trialed in people and could give us a better way to analyze and stimulate the brain.
Since JWST first glimpsed the Universe, we've entered a new era in understanding the earliest objects in the Universe. What have we learned?
U.S. particle physicists recently recommended a list of major research projects that they hope will receive federal funding.
Looking back on our planet's early history offers a new (and less crazy) meaning for the idea of a "flat Earth."
For generations, physicists have been searching for a quantum theory of gravity. But what if gravity isn't actually quantum at all?
Embedded in a cell phone or in accessories such as rings, bracelets or watches, the novel tools aim to make it easier to manage hypertension. But they must still pass several tests before hitting the clinic.
The study is a solid step toward developing gene therapies against neurodevelopmental disorders.
Lab experiments showed Caribbean box jellyfish are quick studies of their environment.
The first elements in the Universe formed just minutes after the Big Bang, but it took hundreds of thousands of years before atoms formed.
Big Think spoke with AI expert Nick Jennings about the future of regulating fast-evolving AI.
Each December, the Geminid meteor shower puts on a show for skywatchers across Earth. With a new Moon at 2023's peak, it'll be outstanding!
Your life’s memories could, in principle, be stored in the universe’s structure.
The volcano’s historic eruption preserved an ancient library, but rendered its content illegible. A public competition aims to change that.
It’s not just fun: DNA origami has the potential to revolutionize engineering at the nanoscopic scale.
The brilliant mind who discovered the spacetime solution for rotating black holes claims singularities don't physically exist. Is he right?
These nematodes complicate how we understand evolutionary lineages.
Nearly half of all stars are born in binary systems, with the most massive ones dying the fastest. It's not pretty for the "second" star.
Freethink's weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring Starship's second test flight, a new "dark mysteries" telescope, and more.
There is currently no easy way to treat high Lp(a). A single shot could change that.
You can learn an awful lot about people, culture, and politics by studying R.
The Big Bang theory is not threatened, but astrophysicists have some explaining to do.
The pseudoscience phrenology swept the popular imagination, and its practitioners made a mint preying on prejudices, gullibility, and misinformation.
"I grew up in New Jersey in the 1970s and that experience gave me everything I needed to become a skeptic."
The paper does not prove the existence of dark matter, but it mostly eliminates a rival theory called Modified Newtonian Dynamics.
Our intuitive understanding of time is very different from a physicist's understanding of time. How do we reconcile these views?
In the early stages of the hot Big Bang, matter and antimatter were (almost) balanced. After a brief while, matter won out. Here's how.
When ancient humans stared into the darkness, they imagined monsters. Today, staring into the future, AI is the monster.
The modern attention economy hijacks our ability to focus, but an ancient technique offers a means to get it back.
In 2022, Hubble owned the record for most distant galaxy. Today, that galaxy is down to the 9th most distant object. Thanks, JWST.
The first human trial of base editing delivered strong results along with some safety concerns.