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Pugs are funny and cute, but that is because we have bred them intentionally to have debilitating genetic mutations. Is that ethical?
The problem with carnivores turned omnivores.
For a substantial fraction of a second after the Big Bang, there was only a quark-gluon plasma. Here's how protons and neutrons arose.
"Less is better" is not a catchy marketing slogan, but one doctor who didn't shower for five years thinks there's a lot of truth to it.
A game that challenges pedestrians to avoid detection by an AI could help train tomorrow’s self-driving cars.
In the very early Universe, practically all particles were massless. Then the Higgs symmetry broke, and suddenly everything was different.
After turning up hundreds of genes with hard-to-predict effects, some scientists are now probing the grander developmental processes that shape face geometry.
Business advisor Michael C. Fillios has developed a repeatable playbook for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to add value from technology.
Chemists could replace bubbling flasks with tumbling ball mills.
This new geologic activity could be part of a thousand-year cycle, ushering in a new era of volcanism on the island.
In the earliest stages of the hot Big Bang, equal amounts of matter and antimatter should have existed. Why aren't they equal today?
You've certainly seen the paintings — but they don't depict what you think they do. Benjamin Moser discusses with Big Think.
We rightly celebrate Winston Churchill as one of the world's greatest leaders — but for all the wrong reasons.
When the hot Big Bang first occurred, the Universe reached a maximum temperature never recreated since. What was it like back then?
A single knife is sometimes worth more than a thousand armies.
Long before the birth of Julius Caesar, the Roman Republic appointed all-powerful dictators to protect their state in times of crisis. They were remarkably self-restrained and obedient to the Roman Constitution.
Visionaries from Socrates to Steve Jobs have touted curiosity as an essential quality. Here’s how to supercharge your spirit of inquiry.
Some 13.8 billion years ago, the Universe became hot, dense, and filled with high-energy quanta all at once. Here's what it was like.