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Researchers now have an antibody that specifically targets cancer cells, while leaving healthy ones alone.

With sustainable production, you could see houses, skyscrapers, and all kinds of things made of nanowood.

We’re taught that the most massive stars in the Universe all die in supernovae. We were taught wrong. Create a star that’s massive enough, and it won’t go out with a […]

Only 8 worlds make the astronomical cut as planets. Here are the 10 fascinating bodies that didn’t make it. Astronomically, bodies within the Solar System must achieve three criteria in order […]

If we don’t invest in learning about the Universe, we aren’t going to learn very much. Every ten years, the field of astronomy and astrophysics undergoes a Decadal Survey. This charts […]

On Monday, a relatively small South Korean cryptocurrency exchange revealed hackers had made off with about $37 million in coins, spooking markets worldwide.

At one point during the Neolithic era, the Y-chromosome in our species became far less diverse. Called the Neolithic bottleneck, the reason for it may have finally been revealed.

‘Enter the room’ is a rare case of an augmented reality app that could genuinely make the world a better place. Read our review here.

Feeling the urge to scare yourself this Halloween? Here are seven important horror films you have to see.

Half of all blindness in humans is due to macular degeneration. There looks to be a cure.

With a total of 10 black holes detected, what we’ve learned about the Universe is truly amazing. On September 14th, 2015, just days after LIGO first turned on at its new-and-improved […]

Churches and religious organizations are tax-exempt. Should they continue to get such a benefit?

A team of Polish designers has just won a competition with its design for an inflatable skyscraper designed for use in emergency zones.

A color you’ll never find in a star is responsible for the universal color of star-forming regions. If you look through a telescope’s eyepiece, distant galaxies always appears white. Spiral-shaped […]

What causes the urban-rural cultural divide? According to this author, its how we view our communities.

Every physical theory has constants in it. The gravitational constant is remarkably uncertain. When we first began formulating physical laws, we did so empirically: through experiments. Drop a ball off […]

The Big Think+ team is thrilled to present 20 brand new videos! How does an astronaut bridge cultural divide? This month, take new perspectives on the interesting world we work […]

“Earth to lunar surface… my, you’re looking very high definition today!”

The cumulative effect of plastics is taking its toll on the world. So supermarkets are starting to cut it out.

Lasers, mirrors, and computational advances can all work together to push ground-based astronomy past even the limits of Hubble. One of the most profoundly remarkable properties about our atmosphere is that […]

If the gravity isn’t where the matter is, things get into trouble very, very quickly. The above image, a composite of optical data, X-ray data, and a reconstructed mass map, is […]

America isn’t immune to attempts to remove books from libraries and schools, here are ten frequent targets and why you ought to go check them out.

There are only two perfect numbers that fit on the calendar: 6 and 28, making June 28th Perfect Number Day. Find out what makes a number perfect, and why they matter. […]

Free meals turn out to be powerful incentives for prescribing opioids, according to a new letter published in JAMA.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announces plans for a new rocket that would completely revamp the current fleet.

Believe it or not, our eating habits are influenced by what music is playing and other forces that we may not be consciously aware of.

In the wake of several public setbacks since the start of 2018, Musk said Tesla is currently going through a “production hell.”

Planets can ‘discover’ nuclear power on their own, naturally, without any intelligence. Earth did it 1.7 billion years before humans. If you were hunting for alien intelligence, looking for a surefire […]

The idea that we learn better when taught via our preferred modality or “learning style” – such as visually, orally, or by doing – is not supported by evidence.

But if a radical new idea comes to fruition, maybe we can find them after all. After decades of planning, building, prototyping, upgrading, and calibrating, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) […]