Latest Articles

Latest Articles

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

A collage of eight panels shows a hand pouring coffee from a French press into cups, each panel with a different background color.
Rituals serve psychological functions that go far beyond mere habit or tradition.
A pencil tip touching paper with scattered graphite, with a row of brain MRI scans shown below.
6mins
There’s bad failure — the kind we ignore or hide — and good failure, which becomes data for future progress. Three experts discuss how to tell the difference.
Unlikely Collaborators
A grid of six astronomical images shows different examples of gravitationally lensed quasars, each labeled with its unique identification code and relevant to studies addressing Hubble tension.
The method you use to measure the expanding Universe determines which of two answers you'll get. Lensed supernovae can't resolve that issue.
A hand holds a small, round black device with a circular light, while a purple scribble curving around both hints at rewiring democracy.
In “Rewiring Democracy,” Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders explore how AI could strengthen democracy or undermine it.
A petri dish containing smart slime mold with branching vein-like structures, viewed from above against a black background.
As we crank up our search for more powerful AI, maybe we should slow down and reimagine the shape and language of intelligence itself.
satellites
Scientific truths remain true regardless of belief. These 10, despite contrary claims, remain vitally important as 2025 draws to a close.
Arianna Huffington, in a maroon dress, sits holding a microphone and smiling in front of a light grey and white background.
The HuffPost co-founder is now focusing on AI and health — but she’s keeping an eye on agency and human nature.