A Harvard University study of women finds a link between optimism and risks of dying from a number of diseases.

Researchers find the most common superstitions in the United States, breaking them down by gender, age and part of the country.

Scientists propose an unexpected location for extraterrestrial life. 

Few see how strongly science's preferred languages shape and limit the thinking of many experts. 

Climate change is a topic that's politically charged rather than scientifically charged. Bill Nye offers tips for how those on the side of science can begin to have meaningful conversations with skeptics.

As president, Donald Trump is uniquely positioned to bring America back to the Moon.

A theoretical physicist proposes a new way to think about gravity and dark matter.

A recent study sheds light on why we get "food coma" and what foods to avoid.

New research shows how studying music helps the brain create new connections.

These are some of the strangest human inventions.

A study by University of Toronto psychologists reveals how to have a happy sex life in a long-term relationship.

It takes "deliberate practice," though, to increase your odds of attaining success.

Through an incredible anecdote, Earl Lewis demonstrates why STEM can't do it alone. Scientists and humanists needs each other, and institutions have a responsibility to continue to fund and nurture the humanities.

A recent study reflects that men view their female friends differently than women view their male friends – but by a pretty insignificant margin. 

Russian researchers unearth over 500 artifacts from a secret Nazi base in the Arctic.

Scientists find a surprising relationship between yawning and brain size.

The smartest humans in history are ranked.

Don't believe every science study you read, because sometimes not even their authors believe them. Here are the issues corrupting good, honest science – and how to fix them. 

UCLA researchers successfully use a new technique to "wake up" a patient after coma.

Look who went and got himself a talk show. Big Think's regular contributor Bill Nye will be on Netflix in 2017!

A new study sheds light on the evolutionary connection between fish fins and human fingers.

University of California, Irvine physicists may have discovered a new fundamental force of nature. 

Science's signature moves share something with good poetry. Good metaphor-making can make geniuses of both kinds. But bad metaphors can mislead whole fields.  

An old fight between philosophy and science has flared up again. Fortunately we have Rebecca Newberger Goldstein to help us sort out what's going. 

A list debunking commonly believed falsehoods, misconceptions and just bad ideas.

A number of scientific studies find the traits shared by intelligent people.

Spanish scientists utilize a revolutionary new technique to create sperm from skin in a potential cure for infertility.

A new study confirms that zapping your brain with electricity might increase the ability for creative thought.

Your brain is the neural battleground of science and religion, with religious people and atheists differing in intelligence and empathy.  Can the two extremes reconcile?