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The corporate unicorn was yesterday — now we should consider the wisdom of black and white stripes.
Preventing scurvy is not just a problem in the Antarctic.
Paintings played an important role in these ancient civilizations. Unfortunately, pigment is not nearly as durable as marble.
One of the scariest films of the 1970s didn’t set out to be a horror film at all.
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It’s massive, it’s transparent, and it’s ubiquitous. But so is our ignorance. When we look out at the Universe, we have two general ways to try and make sense of […]
Hubble has been operational for nearly 30 years, and still produces the most spectacular images of all. Here are this year’s best. Hubble, astronomy’s revolutionary observatory, narrowly survived last year’s gyroscope […]
In the middle of a great cosmic void, a single, isolated galaxy persists amidst the darkness. It’s about to get a lot lonelier. Here in our own cosmic backyard, the […]
Lots of newspapers endorse candidates, but why? Does it actually help?
If they saw us as we were before the recent industrial revolution, would there be any reason to particularly care about us? All across the Universe, trillions of galaxies can be […]
The other great spiral galaxy in the local group demonstrates why we’re #2, even in our own backyard. The Milky Way is our cosmic home, containing hundreds of billions of […]
The announcement is a major victory for Impossible Foods, the San Francisco-based startup that makes Silicon Valley’s favorite veggie burger.
Really puts the whole “don’t give up until you’re dead” thing to shame.
It’s hard to get off of the couch after a few eggnogs, let alone destroy public property.
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 […]
It wasn’t just the Milky Way and Andromeda two billion years ago. Here in the Local Group, our two largest galaxies dominate: Andromeda and the Milky Way. Our Local Group of […]
Flame-bearing birds streak out of mythology and straight into science.
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 […]
Innovation is a “creative muscle” that needs to be flexed and exercised regularly to be strong and effective. Anyone can innovate — and some of the best or most creative […]
In honor of St. Patrick’s day and Women’s History Month, we present 10 Irish American women who changed the world in their own way.
Dark matter is our leading theory for a reason. New, detailed studies of the smallest galaxies could kill off the most studied alternative. When you look out at the Universe, […]
Dark matter feels fake. MOND sounds plausible. What should you conclude? Imagine I told you that everything you ever saw, touched, or experienced — in this world and in the Universe beyond — was […]
Every year, companies try to do things better, to find the most effective way to complete some task or to improve overall productivity. Employee learning programs play a massive part […]
When you see Nazis in the streets chanting things like “Jews will not replace us,” it can be difficult to comprehend why they would believe such horrid things.
Should we create a new interpretation of masculinity or build a gender neutral world?