Astronomers find these five chapters to be a handy way of conceiving the universe’s incredibly long lifespan.
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The Persian polymath and philosopher of the Islamic Golden Age teaches us about self-awareness.
One single plot of data embodies the most profound thing we know about the stars.
A clever new study definitively measures how long it takes for quantum particles to pass through a barrier.
In his new book, “Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy,” former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang explores how media narratives can warp public perception of political candidates.
Building Big Think from little more than an idea to 30 million monthly visitors, co-founder Victoria Rachel Montgomery-Brown knows something about being an entrepreneur. Her idea, together with co-founder Peter […]
Love him or hate, Karl Marx redefined geopolitics and shook up the world order.
How can we track the spread of COVID-19 where testing is not widely available? How can global health be improved by innovation and cooperation? Over the last few years, Kinsa […]
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Bill Moyers once said that a benefit of being a journalist is learning in public. This relies on two important skills: An ability to ask good questions and the willingness […]
Entropy always increases, but that doesn’t mean it was zero to start with. One of the most inviolable laws in the Universe is the second law of thermodynamics: that in any […]
The “Foundation” series, recently adapted into a show by Apple TV, was inspired by a fascinating, real-life academic discipline.
Both journalists have put themselves in danger to shed light on corruption and abuses of power in their home countries.
It happened more than once, and needed to. Here’s why. If there’s one thing you can be certain about when it comes to outer space, it’s that it’s transparent, not opaque, […]
Do right and wrong depend on culture, or does morality transcend place and time?
Companies can identify you from your music preferences, as well as influence and profit from your behavior.
Don’t argue with science. Just do it.
Whether you’re speaking at a wedding or your own TED Talk, here’s how you can make the experience a little less harrowing.
If it weren’t for a subatomic quantum rule, our Universe would be vastly different. In many ways, our views of the distant Universe are the closest things we’ll ever get […]
Americans lose an estimated 321 million work days every year due to anxiety and depression.
Are we enslaved by the finer things in life?
The Hubble Space Telescope, 32 years after its launch, broke the all-time record for most distant star. It won’t do better.
Activist and Big Think reader Roy M. Arce explains his idea for a new community policing team and how it can halt vicious cycles of PTSD and homelessness.
Cosmic rays aren’t just limited by the speed of light. Even among non-scientists, it’s well-understood that there’s an ultimate speed limit to the Universe: the speed of light. If you’re a […]
The divers spend their waking hours either under hundreds of feet of water on the ocean floor or squeezed into an area the size of a restaurant booth.
Filaments, hundreds of millions of light-years long, were just caught spinning. In our own cosmic backyard, everything we see spins, rotates, and revolves in some fashion or other. Our planet […]
In 2018, cancer drugs earned the pharmaceutical industry $123.8 billion. Soon, they’ll be worth billions more.
Only the best physical theories outlast the minds that invented them. Throughout the 20th century, a number of discoveries revolutionized our Universe. The discovery of the interior structure of atoms as […]
To preserve biodiversity and ecosystems, protected areas should be connected into a gigantic World Park.
Remember Stephen Hawking’s robotic voice? It wasn’t a robot.