He says his company would survive even if Instagram disappeared tomorrow.

When stars get ejected from galaxies within massive clusters, they go where the dark matter is. Dark matter is one of the greatest mysteries in the Universe, displaying its effects in […]

Why don't they get it? A pastor tackles the question.

MIT and Google researchers use deep learning to decipher ancient languages.

Activist and Big Think reader Roy M. Arce explains his idea for a new community policing team and how it can halt vicious cycles of PTSD and homelessness.

The university will also offer partial financial aid to middle-income students.

New research compares the roles and political clout of royal women in eight societies spanning five continents and more than 4,000 years.

Studies on stress and memory have often given conflicting results.

Should doctors allow their expertise to trump patient's personal goals — or should they yield to it?

"We live in an age in which there is too much excessive information, less knowledge, and very, very little wisdom." Elif Shafak has faced trial and investigation in her native Turkey for giving voice to the voiceless in her novels. We talk about her book THREE DAUGHTERS OF EVE and the fight for nuance in a world of binaries.

General Relativity has nothing to do with light or electromagnetism at all. So how to gravitational waves know to travel at the speed of light? There are two fundamental classes of […]

LSD may help us change our lives by spurring perspective shifts.

We're too afraid to voice our complaints, and for good reason — it often doesn't go well.

Study finds that carbon dioxide emissions may trigger a reflex in the carbon cycle, with devastating consequences.

Try not to think about your hands. Now enjoy a few minutes of not being able to stop thinking about them.

Meet Deinococcus radioduranst, the world's toughest bacteria.

What will it take to conquer our immemorial space dream?

The Portal promises to be a deep dive into the possible.

A new study found a positive association between sugary drinks and cancer.