Our best physical theories predict that a multiverse exists. But if we can’t test it, is it really scientific? The Universe is all there ever was, all there is, and […]
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Many of our greatest fears stem from uncertainty about the future, and technology has made the future very uncertain indeed.
The American public is split on whether to provide a “safety net” to workers displaced by advancements in artificial intelligence.
There’s a halo of dark matter permeating every galaxy, and that means its particles pass through us, too. The Universe, despite all the planets, stars, gas, dust, galaxies, and more we […]
“Blue Moon, I saw you standing alone, without a dream in my heart, without a love of my own. ” — Rogers and Hart
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 […]
Mercantilism, the oldest thing in economics, is back in a big way.
In the quantum world of the unstable, even identical particles don’t have identical masses. In the microscopic world of the quantum particle, there are certain rules that are wholly unfamiliar […]
Why are some people so much luckier than others? It’s the way they play the game.
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In the aftermath of everything we’ve learned about what’s in the Universe, we can make much better estimates of how many alien civilizations are out there. In 1961, scientist Frank Drake […]
From what we know about the young prince and actress, how does the future look for their relationship based on psychological studies of successful marriages?
In her book, Rise of the Necrofauna, Britt Wray reports on the ethics and science behind de-extinction.
When the past and future are no longer connected, some pretty weird stuff happens.
Big Think speaks with the American who’s spent the most time in space, astronaut Peggy Whitson, looking back on what she learned during life in orbit.
Three questions for the designer of a video game in line with the times.
Would there be only blackness past the event horizon? Or something more? Black holes are some of the most perplexing objects in the entire Universe. Objects so dense, where gravitation […]
As Facebook users around the world are coming to understand, some of their favorite technologies can be used against them. It’s not just the scandal over psychological profiling firm Cambridge […]
And if their conclusions will be different from ours, how can we be certain we’ve got it right? One of the greatest dangers in all of science is jumping to false […]
A new report finds China is now the leading nation in the publication of science and engineering research.
Looks like we finally know some answers that they didn’t in 1940.
The story of that one time a U.S. city was run by a Soviet, and what it was like to live in it.
The current record-holder is a doozy, and right at the limit of what Hubble can do. But there’s even more out there. The greatest advances in science often come when we […]
The construction, if and when it happens, could take five or more years.
Imagine the increased productivity, efficiency, and overall success that would result if all of the employees and managers within your organization would make better decisions on a daily basis. This […]
Valentine’s Day has a surprisingly raunchy history, going back thousands of years.
Wow. Reading Hawking’s Ph.D. paper is like listening to Pink Floyd for decades and then suddenly finding out they had a different and even more groundbreaking debut album.
Welcome news as the flu pandemic begins to subside.
Few know about the trillion dollar crime that stole pay raises while weakening our economy. The “lootocrats” and their courtiers are taking us for a ride.
High-level official LeClair suppressed her sexuality for decades. Now that she’s out, she’s speaking up.