The Latest from Big Think

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An analysis of the gravitational wave data from black hole mergers show that the event horizon area, and entropy, always increases.
As a form of civil disobedience, hacking can help make the world a better place.
Is the Universe the same everywhere? Or are there truly ‘special places’ around? For practically all of human history, one assumption about our place in the Universe had long gone unchallenged: […]
Researchers discovered a galactic wind from a supermassive black hole that sheds light on the evolution of galaxies.
Life is governed by unspoken rules. How do you know you're following them correctly?
Filaments, hundreds of millions of light-years long, were just caught spinning. In our own cosmic backyard, everything we see spins, rotates, and revolves in some fashion or other. Our planet […]
If computers can beat us at chess, maybe they could beat us at math, too.
Laughing gas may be far more effective for some than antidepressants.
How one startup plans to use "death rays" for good instead of evil.
If you go young, blue, and massive, you top out at 50,000 K. That’s peanuts! Surprise! The biggest, most massive stars aren’t always the hottest. Although its neighbor, Messier 42, […]
The first nation to make bitcoin legal tender will use geothermal energy to mine it.
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How were mRNA vaccines developed? Pfizer's Dr Bill Gruber explains the science behind this record-breaking achievement and how it was developed without compromising safety.
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Every star we can see, including our sun, was born in one of these violent clouds.
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Tiny specks of space debris can move faster than bullets and cause way more damage. Cleaning it up is imperative.
Metal-like materials have been discovered in a very strange place.
Dealing with rudeness can nudge you toward cognitive errors.
At least 222 typefaces are named after places in the U.S. — and there's still room for more.
The only doubts are completely unreasonable. Where did the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, come from? Over the past few weeks, there’s been a tremendous push — largely among politicians but also […]