Science & Tech

Science & Tech

Explore the discoveries that reveal how the world works, alongside the technologies that extend, reshape, and sometimes challenge what’s possible.

universe bulk volume brane dimension
In the year 2000, physicists created a list of the ten most important unsolved problems in their field. 25 years later, here's where we are.
A man in a light pink suit and purple bow tie smiles slightly, standing indoors with blurred office background.
Chetan Dube — founder and CEO of Quant — tells Big Think why a pivotal and monumental year for agentic AI has just begun.
A sleek supersonic jet labeled "Overture" by Boom flies above the clouds against a clear blue sky.
"You’ll be able to fly twice as fast as a Boeing or Airbus, and it’ll be like the cost of flying business today."
lookback time galaxies
We see objects whose light only arrives just now. But we see them as they were in the past: when that now-arriving light was first emitted.
A person seated in a wheelchair uses a communication device with a Stephen Hawking-like voice, blurred flowers gently framing the scene in the foreground.
Hawking’s refusal to upgrade his communication system preserved a voice that became iconic, not just for its sound, but for the profound identity it conveyed.
A rocket launches with flames visible at the bottom. The text "T-MINUS" is superimposed over the image.
Featuring SpaceX's "Mechazilla," a first-of-its-kind spacewalk, and more.