The Latest from Big Think

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The famous astrophysicist argues why Elon Musk is more important than Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.
It's not just a case of "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
These seven presidents had a window into the future—or were really good guessers.
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Bishop Jahwar saw first-hand that prison often doesn't work as intended.
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Amit Tzuk and Ofir Trainin, the subject and director of an FAMILY IN TRANSITION, an Israeli documentary about a small town father of four who becomes a woman.
And do they fundamentally describe our entire Universe, or do we require something else? The Universe we perceive and view, all around us, isn’t representative of what actually exists at […]
And, even with all we know, what still remains unexplained? At a fundamental level, our Universe is made of particles, forces, interactions, and the fabric of space and time. Spacetime […]
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Are we trying to solve too many problem with technological solutions?
A new book tells the very old story in a fun way for a younger generation.
It’s a problem that we still haven’t solved, and it spells doom for all of our low-Earth orbiting satellites, even today. On October 4th, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, […]
As it turns out, being just enough of a psychopath can do wonders for your creative career.
Christmas has many pagan and secular traditions that early Christians incorporated into this new holiday.
An unbelievably clear look at what goes on inside our bodies.
Thanks to museum curators, there's no shortage of the stuff.
No, the Syrian civil war is not over. But it might be soon. Time for a recap.
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Entrepreneur and author Andrew Horn shares his rules for becoming an assured conversationalist.
The first identified visitor from another solar system gets its own Starts With A Bang podcast! In 2017, the incredible happened: for the first time in history, we were able to […]
For more than 10 billion years, the star-formation rate across the Universe has been plummeting. Here’s the story. Take a look at a wide variety of galaxies in the Universe, and […]