The Latest from Big Think

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A close up of worms in a liquid.
These nematodes complicate how we understand evolutionary lineages.
A group of people running on a track.
A company can only be as agile as its least flexible team — here’s how to make an effective framework for decision-making.
pulsar orbiting a low-mass star in an X-ray binary system
Nearly half of all stars are born in binary systems, with the most massive ones dying the fastest. It's not pretty for the "second" star.
SpaceX rocket
Freethink's weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring Starship's second test flight, a new "dark mysteries" telescope, and more.
A black and white image of a man holding a camera and various Chinese and Japanese textbooks, showcasing his dedication to learning these languages.
Arieh Smith, a New York City-based polyglot who runs the YouTube channel Xiaomanyc, talks language-learning with Big Think.
A lepodisiran image of a human heart on a black background.
There is currently no easy way to treat high Lp(a). A single shot could change that.
An image of a man and a woman with the words carrer R
You can learn an awful lot about people, culture, and politics by studying R.
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The Big Bang theory is not threatened, but astrophysicists have some explaining to do.
An integrated woman's feet resting on a chair.
There are steps we can take to create a new paradigm that will help shift society's attitude towards women in the workplace.
A little boy finding lockdown compensation by reaching out to an old lady through a window.
Lockdowns moved the burden of COVID from the at-risk elderly to the less-at-risk young. Does this sacrifice merit compensation?
An old black and white photo of a man practicing phrenology on a bust.
The pseudoscience phrenology swept the popular imagination, and its practitioners made a mint preying on prejudices, gullibility, and misinformation.
A black and white photo of a building that has been destroyed in New Jersey.
"I grew up in New Jersey in the 1970s and that experience gave me everything I needed to become a skeptic."
An visualization of dark matter across the universe
The paper does not prove the existence of dark matter, but it mostly eliminates a rival theory called Modified Newtonian Dynamics.
Black and white photo of a woman holding a stack of papers, illustrating Parkinson's Law.
How to figure out the right amount of time for any project.
A composite image showing the sun in two different wavelengths of light, highlighting its dynamic surface, magnetic activity, and the first elements formed.
In the early stages of the hot Big Bang, there were only free protons and neutrons: no atomic nuclei. How did the first elements form from them?
A group of cows are grazing peacefully in a lush green field.
Hundreds of millions of animals get killed for meat every day.
Two clocks displaying the accurate time on a blue background.
Our intuitive understanding of time is very different from a physicist's understanding of time. How do we reconcile these views?
An image of a fetus in an incubator, showcasing the delicate growth process.
Stem cells from a fetus can live within the mother for decades — and help her heal.
A book titled 'curing cancer phobia' that addresses cancerphobia.
The evidence that pollution causes cancer is weak. Lifestyle factors, like smoking, obesity, and alcohol, matter far more.