As seen by Hubble and Chandra, NASA’s greatest observatories. “My eureka moment was in the dead of night, the early hours of the morning, on a cold, cold night, and […]

Researchers can find gene mutations that give one a propensity toward cancer and the risks of certain diseases. Who should get tested?  

Among many others, Britain's new Foreign Secretary has managed to offend the previous, current and future presidents of the U.S.

Scientists get one step closer to Harry Potter's invisibility cloak by creating a material that can conceal objects, with far-reaching commercial applications.

Are robots and AI really ready for us to begin depending on them?

Economic and social theorist Jeremy Rifkin says that sharing online and on-grid spells the death of capitalism and the birth of a worldwide neural net.  

The man who lives a functional life with most of his brain filled with water challenges what we know about the brain.

And what, exactly, is the significance of a tetraquark? “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way — things I had no words […]

The Israeli news organization Haaretz is reporting that a military coup is currently underway in the capital city of Turkey, Ankara. This is a developing story.

In the political climate of Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter, actor and writer John Leguizamo argues that giving minority actors the opportunity to tell minority stories will translate to change for the individual and bridge social divides.

Healthy sounding foods aren’t always healthy. A 2014 study titled Truth, Lies, and Packaging: How Food Marketing Creates a False Sense of Health examined the difference between packaging claims of […]

Big Think's podcast where experts discuss surprise topics outside of their comfort zones. This week, science writer Mary Roach on dark matter, philosophy, artificial intelligence and more. 

We have electric charges and currents in electromagnetism, so why not magnetic ones, too? “It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is […]

Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef has known two kinds of fear – one good and one bad.

How one famous magician turned atheist by reading the Bible.

Wilt Chamberlain dominated basketball. Yet given the chance to improve one critical element of his game, he let popular opinion override physics.

Healthcare, education, food production, and resource management will all have to change if we are to survive and thrive.   

Whether you're on stage or just meeting new people, comedian Jim Gaffigan believes that self-awareness is the key to winning over your audience.

Languages the world over have words for love we all seem to understand.

The idea that there might only be one fundamental force might be a fundamental mistake. “Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of […]