How the Universe’s expansion rate continues to baffle us. “In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.” –Henry Miller It’s the most fundamental law of special […]
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The benefits of actively playing chess are supported by numerous studies.
New research reveals that people find those who use profanity more honest and trustworthy.
Spontaneous, deep talk on surprise topics. On this week’s episode of Think Again – a Big Think podcast, National Book Award-winning Author Jacqueline Woodson and host Jason Gots discuss collective amnesia, organized religion, the power of photographs, and why never being bored is bad for for kids.
David Miliband has said that the hardest way into the US is to enter as a refugee. Is he correct?
Hilarious examples that prove how correlation does not equal causality.
“At times, it seems as if we are condemned to try to understand our own time with conceptual frameworks more than half a century old.” Historian Niall Ferguson says it’s time for an update.
Was it really a low-entropy state? And what does that mean for the second law of thermodynamics? “Entropy shakes its angry fist at you for being clever enough to organize […]
Big Think teams up with Hyper, a new premium video app that curates 10 videos each day, with no buffering or data depletion.
Elon Musk’s growing relationship with President Trump can result in revolutionizing the country’s aging infrastructure.
If hate is a virus, the U.S. has got it bad. Oliver Luckett presents a fascinating perspective on how the 2016 election divided America, how social media mimics biology, and how the U.S. can start to rebuild.
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A study on the strange Cold Spot in space may prove that we live in a multiverse.
Why are we so hung up on Pluto’s planetary status? Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson urges us to get over it already!
Each discovery we make seems to raise even more questions. It’s a wonderful example of how science never ends. On August 17th, both the light and the gravitational wave signals from […]
The cost-effectiveness of green technology makes it tough to ignore.
No, you are most definitely not entitled to your own facts. In fact, you’re required to disclose what evidence would change your mind! “You must remember, my dear lady, the most […]
Everything in the Universe today was compressed into a tiny volume. But how small was it? “The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play […]
If you haven’t finished your holiday shopping yet, consider these 10 gifts, good any time of year! One of the hardest things when it comes to holiday shopping is to find […]
This theory may square differing calculations in the universe’s expansion rate.
Before we go venturing off to another star to look for life, why not look here? “If I had to describe myself to an alien I’d say I was bigger than […]
Did you know the U.S. is actually almost half empty?
If you think we’ve seen all there is to see in the Universe, you’re about to have your imagination unlocked. “Hubble often takes images of distant gravitationally lensed galaxies to […]
A theoretical physicist proposes a new way to think about gravity and dark matter.
Do we really care about privacy? An interview with Manoush Zomorodi, host of WNYC’s Note to Self, about The Privacy Paradox campaign. She discusses an ethical code needed for technologists, why the typical ad-based business model online is not sustainable, and why it’s time for internet users to be “digitally woke.”
We know there’s a gut-brain connection, but just how deep does it go? Could we treat depression just by adopting a particular diet?
For the first time, we’ve seen neutron stars merge. At last, the gravitational and electromagnetic sky are one. “It’s becoming clear that in a sense the cosmos provides the only laboratory […]
Cognitive scientist Donald H. Hoffman asserts that not only do we invent our own personal views of reality, it’s an evolutionary necessity.
A long-lost interview with the BBC host Ruby Wax shows Donald Trump appear to intimidate her.
Bill Gates may be the world’s first trillionaire in 25 years. That’s according to a projection by Oxfam, using an 11% rate of return that has been typical in recent years for the world’s wealthiest individuals.
A recent study shows that NBA players performed worse in games where they had spent the previous night staying up late and Tweeting.