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.

A black and white portrait of a smiling man in a gray sweater is centered against a vibrant, abstract digital background with blue, purple, and green sections, evoking the essence of humanity striking back.
Mike Bechtel, chief futurist with Deloitte Consulting LLP, joins Big Think for a wide-ranging look at what’s next — and why.
Two views of the same celestial object: the fiery orange-blue image on the left and a cooler blue-pink image on the right, showcasing an hourglass-shaped cloud of gas and dust in space.
Just 460 light-years away, the closest newborn protostars are forming in the Taurus molecular cloud. Here are JWST's astonishing insights.
Aerial view of a car parking with proximity sensors activated, showing red and green signals indicating object detection around the vehicle.
Why the road to self-driving vehicles is paved with smarter “dumb” cars.
A visual representation of the hole in the ozone over Antarctica, depicted in varying colors to indicate different ozone concentration levels, against a black background.
A scientist’s first-hand account shows the world can tackle a global environmental crisis.
A close-up of gloved hands handling a cryogenic storage device with straw container tubes inside, emitting visible vapor.
How technology could change everything we thought we knew about reproduction.
entanglement across space
It's possible to remove all forms of matter, radiation, and curvature from space. When you do, dark energy still remains. Is this mandatory?
An illustration showing a side view of a human brain with colored dots representing neurons and text excerpts in three languages in circular insets.
In the brain's language-processing centers, some cells respond to one word, while others respond to strings of words together.