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Interferometry gave us a black hole’s event horizon, but that was in the radio. What can we accomplish with a new optical interferometer?

In “Human History on Drugs,” Sam Kelly explores what the research can tell us about one of history’s most brilliant — and troubled — artists.

From tribal hunts to Stonehenge and into the modern day, the peer instinct helps humans coordinate their efforts and learning.

John Green opens up about his struggle to remain hopeful while writing about suffering and injustice.

In the very early Universe, practically all particles were massless. Then the Higgs symmetry broke, and suddenly everything was different.

Cal Newport explains how you and your teams can accomplish more while improving quality and supercharging workplace morale.

When your life’s truth and the reality you live become out of sync, you risk falling into an “anxiety spiral.”

We have very specific predictions for how particles ought to decay. When we look at B-mesons all together, something vital doesn’t add up.

Sunita Sah hopes that by redefining defiance, we can build societies that allow people to live more authentic lives.

A-list lessons for better work-life collaboration — direct from the movie set.

From inside our Solar System, zodiacal light prevents us from seeing true darkness. From billions of miles away, New Horizons finally can.

Here on Earth, we commonly use terms like weight (in pounds) and mass (in kilograms) as though they’re interchangeable. They’re not.

In his new book, the popular science writer tells the story of how scientists discovered the “gaseous ocean” we all swim in — and the trillions of invisible life forms we share it with.

What would it take to create a truly intelligent microbot, one that can operate independently?

Different methods of measuring the Universe’s expansion rate yield high-precision, incompatible answers. But is the problem robustly real?

Research suggests curiosity triggers parts of the brain associated with anticipation, making answers more rewarding once discovered.

Nurture your passions instead.

The secret sauce of humor is incongruity. AI knows this as well as we do.

In “The Headache,” Tom Zeller Jr. explores one of the human brain’s most enduring, and painful, enigmas.

Electromagnetism, both nuclear forces, and even the Higgs force are mediated by known bosons. What about gravity? Does it require gravitons?

“The only requisite for nonfiction is that it’s true,” says Nathan Thrall, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama.”

Symmetries aren’t just about folding or rotating a piece of paper, but have a profound array of applications when it comes to physics.

Science writer Matt Ridley joins us to discuss how “Darwin’s strangest idea” makes us all a bit feather-brained (in a good way).

The late philosopher suggested adding a couple of “Occam’s heuristics” to your critical thinking toolbox.

The perfectly accessible, perfectly knowable Universe of classical physics is gone forever, no matter what interpretation you choose.

Here’s the case for why science can’t keep ignoring human experience.

A thesaurus isn’t for finding fancy words; it’s a resource to help you keep your rhythm.

In “Life As No One Knows It,” Sara Imari Walker explains why the key distinction between life and other kinds of “things” is how life uses information.

Kathryn Harkup, chemist and author of V Is for Venom, joins Big Think to discuss why Christie isn’t just a brilliant writer but a unique science communicator.

Memories aren’t mental recordings, but pliable information we can use to better manage the present and conjure future possibilities.