Latest Articles

Latest Articles

The newest essays, interviews, and features from Big Think.

A man is sitting in front of a record player.
He co-created one of TV’s funniest shows. He still felt like a failure in his 30s. This is comedian Neal Brennan’s story about conquering toxic self-talk.
Unlikely Collaborators
An image of a woman sitting in a chair in front of an auditorium.
Combining years of neurological research and mindfulness techniques, Dr. Heather Berlin helps us better understand how the body’s most complex organ can easily be misled into negative thinking - and how we can stop that from happening.
Unlikely Collaborators
5mins
The NFL icon talks overcoming a difficult childhood and what’s needed to succeed in a world where the cards are stacked against you.
Unlikely Collaborators
An innovative drawing of a bird soaring through the sky, supercharging inspiration with its dynamic flight.
Borrow the same technique that produced McDonald’s, the Hawaiian pizza, the Beatles’ greatest hits, and Shakespeare’s rhetorical flair.
Black outline of an atomic symbol with three intersecting ellipses on a solid blue background.
38mins
Our host Kmele went inside Fermilab, America’s premiere particle accelerator facility, to find out how the smallest particles in the universe can teach us about its biggest mysteries.
JWST supernova remnant Cas A NIRCam 16:9
In 1667, a core-collapse supernova happened right here in the Milky Way, invisible to all humans. ~350 years later, here's what JWST sees.
A liquid is being poured onto a piece of skin.
It could prevent sun damage and help chemical burns heal faster.
A woman utilizing her brain's executive function while laying on a bed surrounded by clothes.
While executive function matures between 18 and 20 years of age, the brain keeps changing long afterward.
A record-breaking nuclear fusion experiment showcases a large machine in a factory.
A massive nuclear fusion experiment just hit a major milestone, potentially putting us a little closer to a future of limitless clean energy.
sun vs hd 12545 sunspot starspot temperature
When we look at our Sun, its properties are incredibly constant, varying by merely ~0.1% over time. But all stars don't play by those rules.
A person in a wheelchair exploring a vast desert landscape.
In hospice care and hospitals, we prioritize those with more life to live over those who are terminally ill. What is that, if not prejudice?
A soccer goalie displaying action and focus standing in front of a net.
We often assume that movement means progress and that doing something is better than doing nothing. That is often not true.
A man is working on a machine in a lab, using laser technology to apply precise pressure.
Light can be turned into heat, which can then be turned into motion, and the effect of that motion can be turned into a big squeeze.
A woman jotting down her thoughts in a notebook using ChatGPT.
Once students master the basics of math, they are allowed to use calculators. The same should be true of writing and ChatGPT.
bound nuclear state
In our Universe, all stable atomic nuclei have protons in them; there's no stable "neutronium" at all. But what's the reason why?
Taylor Swift shines on the red carpet
We are wired to value things more when we work hard at attaining them — even if, objectively, they aren't worth that much.
An aging man is rowing in a rowing boat, showcasing his strength despite potential muscle loss.
In December 2022, a company called BioAge Labs published findings on a drug that worked to prevent muscular atrophy, or the loss of muscle strength and mass, in older people.
An illustration of a non-human main character, a fox, with birds on a branch.
See the world through the eyes of a horse — or a cake pan.
A map of europe with pink dots on it.
Thanks to protocols established centuries ago in Europe, world leaders no longer need to worry about having their heads bashed with an axe.