We think of physical reality as what objectively exists, independent of any observer. But relativity and quantum physics say otherwise.
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Continuing the countdown, Big Think’s seventh most popular video of 2019 explains why universal basic income will hurt the 99%, and make the 1% even richer.
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Pencil Kings will guide you from beginner to mastery with industry-leading teachers from Marvel and DreamWorks.
Empty, intergalactic space is just 2.725 K: not even three degrees above absolute zero. But the Boomerang Nebula is even colder.
Can a war be won from the air? A group of renegade pilots in the 1930s thought so.
Nuclear fusion has long been seen as the future of energy. As the NIF now passes the breakeven point, how close are we to our ultimate goal?
Brands like BMW, Walmart, and IBM are seeing big wins from the use of gamification in corporate training. Here’s how.
The sudden prevalence of an artery in the forearm is evidence that we’re still very much a work in progress.
“I suddenly woke up one day and thought, you idiot, you are letting your life fade away, you have got to do something.”
Waun Maun was an ancient Welsh stone circle that had an awful lot in common with Stonehenge.
A strange philosophical thought experiment forces us to ask if the world can be completely described in physical terms.
How we handle grief largely depends on our worldview. Here is how three famous philosophers handled the certainty of grief and despair.
Over 50 years since humans last walked on the Moon, astronaut footprints and rover tracks are still visible. But they won’t last forever.
Your life is far more arbitrary than you might think.
The majority of the matter in our Universe isn’t made of any of the particles in the Standard Model. Could the axion save the day?
Our lives have been transformed by the coronavirus pandemic. How can we successfully adapt to the new demands and rules of a society that is sheltering in place? What can […]
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One home was printed in 28 hours. Now, Alquist 3D is building 200 more.
What if you are the only person in the world who can think?
The quadratic formula isn’t just something that teachers use to torture algebra students. The Babylonians once used it to calculate taxes.
Those bananas you love are Cavendish bananas, and they’re probably about to go extinct.
Although early Earth was a molten hellscape, once it cooled, life arose almost immediately. That original chain of life remains unbroken.
The first personality tests revolved around assessing people’s reactions to ambiguous and often unsettling images. Today, the gold standard is a barrage of questions.
You are much more likely to die in a car crash than from terrorism. Yet, philosopher Eran Fish says fearing terrorism more is justified.
From forecasting stock prices to diagnosing disease, Swarm AI enables better group decisions.
Unless you have a critical mass of heavy elements when your star first forms, planets, including rocky ones, are practically impossible.
Most male mammals have little or nothing to do with their kids. Why is our own species different?
Previous research suggesting it’s all about prolactin may be missing the mark.
The pattern 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc., is the Fibonacci sequence. It shows up all over nature. But what’s the full explanation behind it?
Two famous Italian design companies joined forces to create this masterpiece.