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Introducing Big Think @ GESF. Today, we’re releasing the first set of interviews consisting of answers to questions that you, our audience, sent us over Twitter and Facebook.
Happy equinox! The Sun will cross the celestial equator at 4:57 UT, heralding the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. To honor the day, NASA released this cool […]
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle
A mysterious gully has been spotted on Mars that wasn’t there in 2010, according to NASA images. What caused the gully? Wired has more: A new gully has appeared on […]
The latest trend today is sitting down to a meeting and noticing that the person across from you, and the person next to you, are wearing sleek plastic bracelets. You […]
Tonight, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson will host a debate about the benefits and pitfalls of the private sector monetizing the many needs of exploring space and beyond. The Isaac Asimov […]
March 20th is the spring equinox, a time when day and night will be nearly equal. NASA provides this cool video on what you need to know about the equinox. […]
“The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to […]
The biggest news in science since the Big Bang Theory confirmed that the universe indeed underwent an epoch of rapid expansion. One of the main authors of the inflationary universe […]
NASA released another 3D image. This time it’s of the Apollo 17’s Lunar Rover, parked in the Taurus-Littrow valley of the Moon. NASA explains: The color anaglyph features a detailed […]
This incredible image released by NASA looks as though it’s a galaxy in the shape of the continent of Africa. “The African Galaxy.” It is, in fact, two galaxies that […]
As Big Think reported yesterday, a “smoking gun” for the Big Bang Theory has been found. NASA today released an image of the exciting evidence that supports that the universe […]
“Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of external influence extends to infinite distance.” […]
“The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.” – Charles Darwin
“We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” – Isaac Newton
What’s new at NASA? Here’s a quick video overview of big events and developments from the past week. From a citizen scientist challenge to help track asteroids to news out […]
Today is a historical day in science. One day you may be asked: Where were you when you learned of the Big Bang’s smoking gun? To understand the science of […]
As Big Think reported, Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “Cosmos” was trending on Twitter during its Sunday night broadcast. During a photo shoot with, yes, GQ magazine, Tyson claimed that science is […]
What researchers are calling “cosmology’s missing link” has been detected, providing a “smoking gun” for the Big Bang Theory. Discovery reports: For the first time, scientists have found direct evidence […]
Did you watch “Cosmos” last night? The show was trending on Twitter during its broadcast, which is a good sign that television watchers crave shows that make them smarter. As […]
Unfortunately, this is not what the night sky looks like on a planet many light years away. This image was captured here on Earth. From NASA’s website: What’s happened to […]
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
– Winston Churchill
Big Think interviews Tony Blair at the Global Education and Skills Forum at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.
Tony Blair speaks before his keynote at the Global Education and Skills Conference,
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As we reported earlier this week, Big Think will be bringing you exclusive coverage of the Global Education and Skills Forum (GESF). Every year, the “Davos of Education” brings together […]
Call me Ishmael. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Wired has a story about a design company that produced a poster breaking […]
A Dutch designer wants to take the elements that make jellyfish glow and apply them to trees. Daan Roosegaarde envisions trees serving as streetlights one day. With the help of […]
It’s Sunday night, and time for everyone’s favorite new show, “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.” While we enjoy watching Neil deGrasse Tyson successfully fill Carl Sagan’s shoes, it’s nice to go […]
“You can’t tell Marie Curie that she can’t do something,” says Hank Green, host of the SciShow. The first woman to receive world renown in science, Curie was the first […]
Barbara McClintock not only inspired a reclusive character in Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Marriage Plot, she also advanced the study of genetics. McClintock was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology in […]