The Latest from Big Think

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Dark Academia
People around the world, mostly Generation Z, are obsessed with the look and feel of gothic, elitist universities. Why?
chess
It has been 50 years since an American has claimed the title of World Chess Champion. Will it ever happen again?
tonga volcano
Impressive but deadly physics underlie catastrophic eruptions.
A woman holding a loudspeaker at a protest.
The problems that Americans face are often too complex for fact-checking alone.
A boy in Germany seems to be the first person to be cured of a rare and painful skin condition commonly called "butterfly disease."
super-Earth
In terms of the planets we've discovered, super-Earths are by far the most common. What does that mean for the Universe?
arc of history
We are generally taught that there is an arc of history — an inevitable path of progress that leads to modern society. Maybe it isn't true.
genesis machine
The book "The Genesis Machine" outlines the promise and peril of synthetic biology, a powerful tool that will allow us to program life like a computer.
should i get a large pizza
Pizzanomics isn't an official field of research, but it can save you big money.
blended learning
Blended learning reflects how people learn and develop naturally every day. Here's how to put it into practice.
Alexander Friedmann
It is time to give the Russian cosmologist the credit he deserves.
It is often assumed that AI will become so advanced that the technology will be able to do anything. In reality, there are limits.
Stendhal syndrome
People who visit Florence seem strangely susceptible to Stendhal syndrome, which is blamed on an overwhelming sense of awe.
A color-enhanced image of Jupiter using data from the JunoCam camera..
With a new telescope on the horizon, we reflect on the best pictures of space that came before.
astrophysics ALMA
If you want to understand what the Universe is, how it began, evolved, and will eventually end, astrophysics is the only way to go.
Ernest Hemingway
The author of classics like "A Farewell to Arms" and "The Sun Also Rises" is known and loved for his simple yet effective writing style. Here’s how to imitate it.
VR vs. AR
It's no longer just VR vs. AR. There is an alphabet soup of metaverse acronyms, often used imprecisely. So, what do they all mean?
quantum gravity
At a fundamental level, nobody knows whether gravity is truly quantum in nature. A novel experiment strongly hints that it is.