The Universe may be truly infinite, but our understanding of it never will be. Here’s why. “To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not […]

Scientists are reconsidering the number of planets in our solar system after finding mathematical evidence for a new planet that would orbit the sun every 10,000-20,000 years.

Big Think's Jason Gots reviews Garth Risk Hallberg's novel City on Fire. 

If you believe in the myths that surround some of our most famous and beloved creators — Einstein, Jobs, or Edison, for example — you're setting yourself up for failure.

Free riders choose to reap the rewards of a public good without paying their portion of the cost necessary to produce it.

Science's picture of the world is being updated. It's adding algomorphic thinking to its palette.

And if the Universe is expanding, does that mean these ripples can break the speed of light? “Einstein’s gravitational theory, which is said to be the greatest single achievement of […]

Ontological design is way cool.

This is what anonymous browsing looks like.

The Chinese middle class is growing, and its members need a place to live.

As Carl Sagan told us, we and our apple pies are made of star stuff. But there's something more: We are made of particles formed in the first moments of the Big Bang.

It’s not that Astronomy has a “problem” that’s unique; it’s that they’re actually doing something about it. “Beauty provokes harassment, the law says, but it looks through men’s eyes when deciding […]

The power of art to unite us across political divides is paramount, despite a tendency of artists to be leftists. Victoria Coates, art historian and foreign policy advisor to Ted Cruz's 2016 Presidential Campaign, explains.

Stephen Hawking says so.

How the future of astronomy — and something we can’t even see — might open up the dark Universe. This post is written by Sabine Hossenfelder, a theoretical physicist specialized in quantum gravity & […]

This is how the world economy will grow through the year 2024, as predicted by Harvard University's Center for International Development (CID). 

Bringing a whole new meaning to phrase "couch surfing."

When Eric Paley met the founders of SeatGeek, the online ticketing agency, he noticed immediately how they were intimately engaged in solving the small problems of their business.

If you don't have a perfect idea for a new business, don't sweat it. Co-founder of the online ticketing service SeatGeek, Jack Groetzinger says all you really need is to find a stolid industry.

Saying someone is as “pure as snow” has become a sarcastic insult thanks to a team of scientists.