Our Milky Way is only the second-largest galaxy in our local group. Take an interactive dive into the biggest! “He who would search for pearls must dive below.” –John Dryden […]

Jealousy, we've all experienced it at one time or another in our relationships. Whether the threat is real or imagined, jealousy has the power to tear relationships apart. But for men and women, it's usually over different things.

Our minds have the ability to trigger great strength within us, and a recent study shows evidence that the mind can help slow a limb's muscle loss even when in a state of immobilization.

Peter Thiel, whose funding helped pioneer Paypal and Facebook, is now investing in the budding marijuana industry with his venture capital firm Founders Fund.

Checking your email too often could be stressing you out, even if you don't feel like your inbox plays a significant role in your wellbeing.

In case you missed it from earlier this week, Walter Isaacson visited Big Think to discuss the inextricable link between new technologies and creative communities built around them.

In case you missed it from earlier this week, Bill Nye visited Big Think to discuss dog evolution and what it teaches us about race.

After a successful launch of a Dragon spacecraft this morning, SpaceX attempted to land its reusable Falcon 9 rocket on a sea platform but ran out of fuel prior to touchdown.

A nine-ton block of sandstone recovered from a mountain in Utah could hold the secret to the hunting patterns of predatory species Utahraptor.

A team of archaeologists and biologists in Puerto Rico have solved a mystery about the genetic origins of ancient Caribbean civilizations by analyzing fossilized dung.

If everything began with a Big Bang and is expanding, is there a center? “I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out […]

The consensus among most academics is that college students are cheating more today than ever before.

Several recent pieces and studies on workplace dynamics have determined that office bullies are not unlike weeds — they're hardy and dependable but often stifle the growth of other workers.

If you're self-employed or work in a job with irregular cash flow, it's vital to dedicate yourself to a money management system that works for you.

In 2012, a "leap second" crashed sites such as Reddit and Yelp. Linux creator Linus Torvalds tells WIRED that we shouldn't expect that to happen again this June.

"A depressing number of people seem to process everything literally. They are to wit as a blind man is to a forest, able to find every tree, but each one coming as a surprise."

Racism causes physiological as well as psychological harm, and babies of pregnant mothers experience those harms in utero, according to research recently completed in New Zealand.

The murder of a dozen Charlie Hebdo employees in France by Islamic extremists brings back memories of the unrest surrounding Muhammad cartoons published in a Danish newspaper in 2005.

When cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad appeared in a Danish newspaper in 2005, the government stood by the paper's freedom to do so despite outside pressure to apologize.

Breakups, divorces, separations are tough. Friends and colleges will often tell you to “forget about them,” but new research suggests this “get over it” attitude may not be the right course of action.