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Timeline of the universe from the Big Bang, as described in cosmology, showing inflation, formation of atoms, stars, galaxies, and expansion to the present day over 13.8 billion years.
Starts With A Bang
How to understand the Universe’s most important equation
If you want to understand the Universe, cosmologically, you just can't do it without the Friedmann equation. With it, the cosmos is yours.
Ethan Siegel
A large yellow hot air balloon with a smiley face is shown on the left; on the right, a bunch of parfit smiley face balloons float against a cloudy sky.
Mini Philosophy
The “repugnant conclusion” that an Oxford philosopher couldn’t escape
If happiness is an absolute good, would 1 billion slightly happy people be better than 1 million incredibly happy people?
Jonny Thomson
A hallway with multiple closed doors and one open door, creating a repeating pattern that extends into the distance. The image has a blue tone.
Smart Skills
The hidden cost of chasing clarity
Clarity driven by anxiety rarely lasts.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff
A man wearing a black blazer, graphic T-shirt, and backwards cap stands against a plain background with his hands raised in a questioning gesture.
6mins
The Big Think Interview
Why Kevin Smith bet $27,575 on a movie no one showed up for
“You might as well go for it. You might as well do the thing that you dream about doing for heaven's sake.”
Kevin Smith
A blue planet with visible rings and several small, bright Uranus moons is set against a darkened black background.
Starts With A Bang
Hubble reveals a dark side to Uranus’s moons
Viewing Uranus's largest moons with Hubble, astronomers hoped to find darkening on the trailing side. They found the exact opposite instead.
Ethan Siegel
A worker in protective gear operates machinery in an industrial facility, with a partial overlay of solar panels and geometric patterns above—hinting at the innovative spirit found in stellar societies.
The Long Game
The Tony Seba and James Arbib interview: Why the future belongs to “stellar societies”
The cofounders of think tank RethinkX are convinced that humanity is undergoing civilizational phase change.
Eric Markowitz
A white dinosaur skull silhouette on a black background with red, rough, scribbled lines evokes the intrigue of the dinosaur myth.
Big Think Books
A Mesozoic myth: Dinosaurs didn’t rule the Earth like we think
In "The Shortest History of the Dinosaurs," Riley Black reveals the bold mammals that thrived in the Age of Reptiles.
Riley Black
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