Search
Latest Articles
The newest essays, interviews, and features from Big Think.
Executive coaching is a forward-thinking investment in leadership that can empower high-potential individuals to achieve greater success.
We cannot deduce laws about a higher level of complexity by starting with a lower level of complexity. Here, reductionism meets a brick wall.
The very concept of a "problem with no solution" goes against human nature. But we must accept this harsh reality to have peace in our lives.
Africa has the most universities in the 2022 rankings with over two thirds of the world’s youngest universities.
If dark matter exists in a large halo in our galaxy, made up of particles, then it's passing through us constantly. But how much?
Pet owners have consistently reported higher levels of social capital in their communities than people without pets.
Recent geopolitical turning points, like Brexit and the 2016 U.S. presidential election, were chapters in a story that extends decades back in world history.
Researchers speculate the famous monument was one of the world’s first solar calendars, possibly inspired by trade with ancient Egyptians.
“What am I missing?” is a question that journalist Mónica Guzmán thinks more people should start asking.
When we look out at the Universe, even with Hubble, we're only seeing the closest, biggest, brightest galaxies. Here's where the rest are.
A computer that could decidedly pass Alan Turing's test would represent a major step toward artificial general intelligence.
8mins
IQ tests only measure two of the eight intelligences. Howard Gardner explains them all.
John Templeton Foundation
The dark genome makes up 98% of human DNA. Scientists are just beginning to understand its role in cognitive disorders.
As always, aDNA research raises as many questions as answers.
Some economists predict China's economy will overtake the U.S. economy by 2028.
There's a limit to how large planets can be, and it's only about double the radius of Jupiter. At least, so far.
MIT neuroscientists have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that respond to singing but not other types of music.
The knobby starfish skeleton has diamond-like properties and could inspire new designs for lightweight, highly resilient ceramics, with widespread applications in engineering and construction.
A gigantic bacterium evolved differently than fundamental models of biology would have predicted. Simply put, these bacteria shouldn't exist.
The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora is one of the reasons why Bryan Walsh sees supervolcanoes as the” single, biggest threat to the human race.”