The ‘compact galaxy groups’ of the Universe won’t be around for long! “They most likely form as subsystems within looser associations and evolve by gravitational processes. Strong galaxy interactions result and […]

Much talk about “the rich” and inequality ignores two key points. 1) Not all inequality is equally bad. 2) The rich are mostly as replaceable as you.

A new experimental drug can theoretically take out any virus, while leaving healthy cells unharmed. 

Asgardia, an unprecedented space-based nation state, is proposed by an international team of scientists and businessmen.

Researchers video chimpanzee mothers teaching their kids how to use tools.

Physicists create a structure that breaks the symmetry of time.

If we can’t even witness the birth of our Solar System and planet, how can we claim to see the birth of the Universe? “There have to be moments when […]

Mark Zuckerberg insists the future of virtual reality will put "people first." The development trajectory of the technology tells another story. 

Most of the foods we consume are created for the supermarket shelf, not for our health, says psychiatrist Drew Ramsey. But you can boost your brain function and overall well-being with this one very low-tech, analogue tool: your grocery list.

Already a euthanasia pioneer, being the first to legalize it in 2002, the Netherlands may allow for the assisted suicide of older people who feel as if they’ve “completed life”.

Spontaneous, deep talk on surprise topics. In this extra feisty episode of Think Again – A Big Think Podcast, actor and author William Shatner and host Jason Gots take sides on whether or not it's a dog-eat-dog world out there. 

Though the logic of the Nobel committee is pretty easy to glean when it comes to the sciences, in other, less-defined categories, it surprises on a fairly regular basis. 

Before the Big Bang… after the Big Freeze… will everything look the same? “What is wild cannot be bought or sold, borrowed or copied. It is. Unmistakeable, unforgettable, unshamable, elemental as […]

Your ring-to-index finger ratio can tell a lot about what you’re good at and even what mental disorders you are prone to.   

If Will Allen's documentary, Holy Hell, teaches us one thing, it's that there's no easy answer.

Who was the father of American photojournalism? Here's a look at the Civil War work of Mathew Brady.

We all want to get more done with the limited amount of time we have. Here are 3 easy ways to become more productive, have greater focus, and learn more about yourself in the process.

The truly awesome part of Facebook's company culture isn't the unlimited holidays or the free lunches, says Stuart Crabb, former Global Head of Learning. It's something much deeper.

A brain-computer music interface system allows four patients to compose their own string quartet.

Some patients who went through gender reassignment surgery reported feeling just as out of place. A few were even suicidal.