In his new book, the popular science writer tells the story of how scientists discovered the “gaseous ocean” we all swim in — and the trillions of invisible life forms we share it with.

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"Everything that we care about, everything we experience, everything we know, we know it through our conscious awareness of it."

Our scientific instruments are constantly improving, revealing nature's workings as never before. Without them, we'll remain in the dark.

Tech expert Peter Leyden argues that we have a historic opportunity to harness AI and other transformative technologies in order to make a much better world over the next 25 years.

When you enter someone's home, you learn how life is lived elsewhere.

She was searching for perfection - until she discovered what she truly needed by letting go of what didn’t fit.

All scientific theories are limited in scope, power, and application, being mere approximations of reality. That's why consensus is vital.

The history of catastrophe shows that true resilience comes not from restoration, but from reinvention.

These books helped build the empirical case that life's origins differ from those described in myths and legends.

The nature of “the mind” is always vast and clear no matter how swamped by information we feel — and leaders can learn to embrace this space.

Some nebulae emit their own light, some reflect the light from stars around them, and some only absorb light. But that's just the beginning.

Investor Guy Spier joins Big Think for a chat about the “Oracle of Omaha,” generative AI, what confuses him, and more.

When we see spiral galaxies, some are face-on, others are edge-on, but most are tipped at an angle. But which side is closest to us?

The tiniest galaxies of all are the most susceptible to violence by their larger, bullying siblings. That's why we need them in isolation.

When your life’s truth and the reality you live become out of sync, you risk falling into an "anxiety spiral."

"It's not that I don't think these problems are big or that they're urgent, but I can start to see that these problems are solvable."

The Universe is expanding, and individual, bound structures are all receding away from one another. How, then, are galaxies still colliding?

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"The truth is that the skills that go into both motivation and manipulation are almost the same skills. The same level of persuasion, the same level of influence, the same level of charisma and dynamic creative thinking drives us to both be manipulated and be motivated."