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

Does opening up a relationship to new sexual playmates strengthen the bond between a committed pair, or, does doing so compromise it?
Only the pyramids stand today. What did the other 6 look like?
We've long known what you eat matters. When you eat matters, too.
How does money stay valuable? It just keeps growing. But is that healthy?
Thanks to work programs and medication, a study conducted by the University of Oslo is seeing big changes in participants lives.
Scientists have been probing our solar system for extraterrestrial life.
Everything you wanted to know about black holes, supernova, and quasars but were afraid to ask.
If we know how big the observable Universe is, why can’t we figure out how big the unobservable part is? 13.8 billion years ago, the Big Bang occurred. The Universe was […]
Physicist Michio Kaku discusses the main difficulties humans face in colonizing Mars and how to overcome them.
Do not succumb to “funklessness”. Join us as we nerd out to a staggering degree on utopian afrofuturism, David Bowie, and the sci-fi-inflected music of the ‘70s. With Jason Heller, Hugo-award winning author of Strange Stars.
The images are being collected on a Flickr page dedicated to the Apollo missions.
A new study's findings suggests that legalization has “produced some demonstrable and persistent benefit" to police departments in Washington and Colorado.
Patients who choose alternative remedies, like traditional Chinese medicine and homeopathy, are more likely to opt out of additional conventional cancer treatments.
Humanitarian aid increases human welfare on a global scale, but it can also be one of the greatest ways of spreading influence and diplomatic power.
The most unusual star known has finally had its dimming scientifically explained. Here’s the unusual, dusty resolution. The science of planet-hunting has truly taken off in the 21st century, with […]
Sloths are unfairly ridiculed and underappreciated animals, says zoologist and filmmaker Lucy Cooke.
The FDA plans to start enforcing guidelines that would prevent manufacturers of products like almond and soy milk from using the word ‘milk’ in marketing and labeling.
It will take further study to confirm the star's iron influx came from a planet or two, but the initial theory is quite compelling.
Samsung is planning to unveil a new type of bendable, foldable smartphone that could sell for more than $1,500, according to the Wall Street Journal.
A 10-year, 1,000 person study, has linked eating cured meats like beef jerky, hot dogs, and pepperoni to hospitalization for a specific mental illness: bipolar mania.