science

Two types of thinking have a time-sharing deal going on in your brain.

There are scientifically proven ways you can improve your self-esteem, right now.

Is obsessive shopping a compulsion, an addiction, or both?

A new batch of papers reveals some of Mars’ subterranean secrets.

From understanding human aggression to epigenetics, Stanford University offers all 25 lessons of this fascinating course for free on YouTube.

Budget cuts to pandemic preparedness put us all at risk.

The origin and phylogeny of the Yaravirus are not yet clear.

The White House is reportedly considering an executive order that would open up public access to scientific research.

Scientists figured out how a certain treatment for skin cancer gives some patients a visual “superpower.”

The bonding experience is promoted by important neurological changes.

A new report calls on the departments of certain scientific fields to double the number of black students by 2030.

Belief systems aren’t necessarily dangerous until they’re spread by someone with influence.

Beautiful? Yes. Air purifiers? Not so fast.

Ready to become a tech wizard? Creation Crate’s electronic projects are delivered to your door with everything you need to start building and learning.

The race to be first in science journalism is hurting science.

The impact of giving up is exactly the same as the impact of denying climate change.

The outer edges of a black hole might be “fuzzy” instead of neat and smooth.

If you understand when and how to ask questions, you possess an effective inoculation against charlatans.

The TRUTHS mission aims to collect extremely precise data on how much radiation Earth absorbs and reflects.

Forthcoming Phase II trials with ibogaine aim to find out.

Is information the fifth form of matter?

From talking about Schrödinger’s cat to nuking the South Pole, this decades-old interview shows why Kaku was born to be a science educator.

New research on killer whales may shine a light on the evolutionary power of menopause.

An ongoing experiment aboard the International Space Station aims to find out more about the fundamentals of combustion.

The Mars 2020 rover is set to launch in July of the same year, setting the stage for years and years of science on the Red Planet.

We have arrived: Big Think’s most popular video of 2019 tells us light exists outside of time.

Third on the Big Think 2019 countdown reveals this is what the world will be like if we do not act on climate change.

Next on Big Think’s 2019 top 10 countdown, black holes may give us a glimpse of the underlying nature of reality.

Next up on the top 10 countdown, Big Think’s sixth most popular video illustrates the mental fireworks of a psychedelic experience.

The stereotype of the unfeeling researcher in a lab coat just isn’t true.