Last month, the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons released more than 6,000 prisoners early. The Sentencing Commission reduced their sentences retroactively. And the Senate is considering a bipartisan bill […]
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The story of John Couch Adams, “the man who failed to discover Neptune,” and his cosmic redemption. Perhaps its human nature to want to only think positive thoughts about our […]
The Dr. Data Show is a new web series that breaks the mold for data science infotainment, captivating the planet with short webisodes that cover the very best of machine learning and predictive analytics.
How do we even define mental illness?
Scientists identify for the first time two specific genes that may foster a predisposition for being gay in men.
Bending, breaking, & blending: How humans remake the world. Neuroscientist David Eagleman on creativity.
Musk is about more than Teslas and rockets.
Researchers found a “dose-dependent relationship” between marijuana use and intercourse.
Social media has created some perfect crowd-think tools. But are people really listen to the conversations?
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A massive solar project has just been completed, and its specs are impressive.
For the first time, I genuinely enjoyed the new series. There’s been one question that’s bothered me in every episode since Star Trek: Discovery began: why would anyone want to be […]
The United States has 5 per cent of the world’s population but 25 per cent of its prisoners. Right now, 2.2 million people are locked up across the country, and […]
AI is leaving human needs and democracy behind in its race to accomplish its current profit-generating goals.
Why civilians do not need to own guns like the AR-15.
A new report shows a marked uptick in individualism worldwide. The collective voice of societies will be the loser.
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The season finale gets the one thing Star Trek is famous for — ethics — completely wrong. Life is full of dilemmas whose solutions seem paradoxical. To obtain peace, you must prepare for war. […]
Men who consume over 67 grams of sugar are at an increased risk for depression and anxiety.
Welcome to Star Trek: Discovery. From science to ethics and more, how does the new series’ debut stack up? “If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a […]
The next-to-last episode of the first season is heavy on plot and character development, but packs a science and ethical punch, too. What do you do when, after a life-threatening journey […]
Another week, another chance to stick our comment-boots on and wade out deep into the Big Think Facebook page to cherry pick our favorites for the week.
Amazon's blockbuster purchase of Whole Foods will lead to big changes in how we shop.
The stories in Shakespeare's plays and 'Game of Thrones' are often bloody, but which are ultimately more violent?
Social citizenship is both a feeling of belonging and a definable set of commitments and obligations associated with living in a place; it is not second-class national citizenship.
It isn’t just supernovae or neutron star collisions that make the heaviest elements. The physics might surprise you! “Comrades, this man has a nice smile, but he’s got iron teeth.” –Andrei A. […]
Mathematics is the academic class that is most socially acceptable to regard as your weak point. This is a shame.
Say it should fall. It’ll cost over $1 trillion to rehabilitate the nation. Who’s going to pay for that?
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Why do so many men default to saying 'I got this' when they really don't?
Wilt Chamberlain dominated basketball. Yet given the chance to improve one critical element of his game, he let popular opinion override physics.