The Latest from Big Think

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There are many theories of gravity out there, and many interpretations of wide binary star data. What have we really learned from it all?
A u.s. coast guard cutter sails on calm blue waters against a clear sky, flying the coast guard flag on its stern.
Driven by a childhood marked by war and environmental devastation, Dyhia Belhabib developed an innovative technology to combat illegal fishing.
A man in a green suit standing in an art gallery, using a spray bottle to clean a large painting of three hands reaching towards each other.
“I believe that in the future, there will be a Francis Bacon of AI art,” Saltz tells Big Think. “We just haven't seen that artist yet.”
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Author A.J. Jacobs explores how voting has changed since the days of the Founding Fathers — for better and for worse.
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DE&I has come under fire — but our leaders should still embed allyship deep within company culture. Here’s a plan.
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The evidence that the Universe is expanding is overwhelming. But how? By stretching the existing space, or by creating new space itself?
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IceCube scientists have detected high-energy tau neutrinos from deep space, suggesting that neutrino transformations occur not only in lab experiments but also over cosmic distances.
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In 2017, we detected gold being forged in a neutron star-neutron star merger. Now, in 2024, the amounts created simply don't add up.
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Learning to decode complex communication on Earth may give us a leg up if intelligent life from space makes contact.
World map illustrating various countries color-coded by their happiness levels with symbols indicating the most and least happy countries in each region.
The Gallup World Poll reveals regional peaks and valleys of happiness across all of the continents.
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When high-anxiety situations arise in the workplace, we tend to react by fighting, fleeing, freezing, or fawning — but there’s a hidden fifth option.
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Across a variety of industries, trust and “upside-down management” have paid dividends.
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Glueballs are an unusual, unconfirmed Standard Model prediction, suggesting bound states of gluons alone exist. We just found our first one.
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The Human Chronome Project finds that the average human sleeps for 9 hours but only works for 2.6 hours.
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Joe Betts-LaCroix — co-founder and CEO of Retro Biosciences — talks to Big Think about invention, authenticity, and Sam Altman’s “art of the startup.”
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The most iconic "dark nebula" of all lights up under JWST's infrared gaze. Here's what's newly discovered inside.
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If the past is any guide, things are going to take off quickly.
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Cancers can’t develop without genetic mutations — or can they?
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Beef production is largely responsible for greenhouse gas emissions from the food system.