One of Socrates’s best-known claims was that “I know that I know nothing.” It’s no fluke that this quote has survived more than 2,000 years or that Socrates is nearly […]
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Is this the real life or is it just fantasy? And does it really even matter?
These seven subjects don’t teach toward the test, but they will help students lead happier, healthier, and smarter lives.
Robert Whitaker discusses the long-term impact of prescription medication.
You actually score worse on memory tests.
Lumina Foundation is partnering with Big Think to unearth the next large-scale, rapid innovation in post-high school education. Enter the competition here!
There’s more light than we can account for, and we’ve just measured it robustly for the first time. When we look out at the darkest night skies available on Earth, even […]
Remaining silent is being complicit.
Scientists think an insect similar to the modern millipede crawled around Scotland 425 million years ago, making it the first-ever land-dweller.
Neuroscientists and ethicists wants to ensure that neurotechnologies remain benevolent.
Almost certainly not. Here’s the science of why. The Universe, as we know it, simply doesn’t add up. On the one hand, we can look out on a cosmic scale and […]
If a large asteroid strikes Earth, it has the potential to release an enormous amount of energy, leading to local or even global catastrophes. The strike that led to the […]
For over 50 years, it’s been the scientifically accepted theory describing the origin of the Universe. It’s time we all learned its truths. The Universe we know today, filled with stars […]
While fewer companies these days rely solely on interviews in deciding who to hire, interviews still have value in that they can reveal the difference between a candidate as a […]
As a doctor, I am reminded every day of the fragility of the human body, how closely mortality lurks just around the corner.
While legalization has benefits, a new study suggests it may have one big drawback.
It’s 13.8 billion years old, with an uncertainty of just 1%. Here’s how. How old is the Universe? For generations, people argued over whether the Universe had always existed, whether it […]
What responsibility should government authorities and Big Tech take in policing the spread of sedition-oriented content?
It’s fundamentally different from space. Here’s how. Here’s a question that most of us have been asked at some point in our lives, “what’s the shortest distance between two points?” By […]
Social distancing won’t be easy, but science shows us how to make it more manageable.
With 5,000 square degrees of data, the Dark Energy Survey has something important to say. For as long as humans have been studying the Universe, we’ve yearned to know the answers […]
How reframing your emotions and changing your daily behavior can help you save money.
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Unraveling the mysteries of adult neurogenesis may have clinical applications.
Science was never the same after meeting ‘the particle who lived.’ Back in the early 1930s, there were only a few known fundamental particles that made up the Universe. If you […]
The study identified superhabitable planets outside of our solar system.
Developing an awareness of and an appreciation for science is what we all truly need, not what we’ve been doing.
A new study from Ohio State University details implicit bias.
Love a good villain? It says a lot about you.