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Tech designed to fuse atoms might be able to clean up space, too.
Former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman just invested $100 million into the company.
The Trojan War was fought in Finland and Ulysses sailed home to Denmark, says one controversial theory.
At work we're often asked to be decisive — but how can we make an informed choice without complete information?
When cosmic inflation came to an end, the hot Big Bang ensued as a result. If our cosmic vacuum state decays, could it all happen again?
Here's how belief in a higher power can act like a psychological safety net.
13.8 columnist Marcelo Gleiser reflects on his recent voyage to Earth's last wild continent.
In 1957, humanity launched our first satellite; today's number is nearly 10,000, with 500,000+ more planned. Space is no longer pristine.
Big Think spoke with historian Marc-William Palen about the egalitarian aims of the free-trade movement in past centuries.
Bertrand Russell shows us how to recognize emotional arguments smuggled into presumed statements of fact.
Leap day only comes once every four years, including in 2024. But the reason we have it, including when we do and don't, may surprise you.
The detection of two celestial interlopers careening through our solar system has scientists eagerly anticipating more.
Esperanto was intended to be an easy-to-learn second language that enabled you to speak with anyone on the planet.
About three out of every four people arrested in the U.S. are men. That rate is similar across the world.
As we pursue the leadership difference we seek, we attract fuel and generate heat. The trick is to avoid burnout.
There are many problems with relying on SAT and ACT scores for college admissions. But removing them entirely creates less opportunity.
In 1924, sociologist and social reformer Caroline Bartlett Crane designed an award-winning tiny home in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
After listening to the same playlist, people from the United Kingdom, the United States, and China reported feeling nearly identical bodily sensations.
The benefits of going the extra mile to be socially responsible are felt by customers, employees, and shareholders alike. Here’s a plan to secure them.
For now, our Solar System's eight planets are all safe, and relatively stable. Billions of years from now, everything will be different.