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Trace how culture, power, and ideas shape societies across time.
These missions will put us one step closer to the ultimate goal: crewed trips to Mars.
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Don’t fall into the determinism trap. Everything is, in fact, random, says chemist Lee Cronin:
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“You can find examples of really big environmental problems that we've already solved.” Climate change is solvable, argues Hannah Ritchie.
Welcome to the Big Think debut of The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Slowing growth and limiting development isn’t living in harmony with nature—it is surrendering in a battle.
In popular culture, the eruption is usually depicted as an apocalyptic event.
How has tennis changed in recent decades? The wear and tear on Wimbledon’s Centre Court may tell the tale.
For centuries, Newton's inverse square law of gravity worked beautifully, but no one knew why. Here's how Einstein finally explained it.
Quarks and leptons are the smallest known subatomic particles. Does the Standard Model allow for an even smaller layer of matter to exist?
From size to mass to density and more, each world in our Solar System is unique. When we compare them, the results are truly shocking.
What are we supposed to do when experts look at the same data yet reach starkly different conclusions?
A recent paper in the journal Physical Review Letters claims to prove that a "kugelblitz" is not possible.
Peaking on the night of August 11/12, up to 100 bright meteors per hour will be visible. Here's how to make the most of it.
The idea of awarding legal personhood to nature has received renewed attention in the contemporary environmental justice movement, but much contention remains.
Quibi was so focused on foresight they forgot the basics of hindsight.
The rise and fall of Josh Harris — the genius who anticipated the digital revolution just a little too soon.
David Novak — the cofounder, and former CEO and chairman, of Yum! Brands — celebrates the benefits of active, lifelong learning.
Big Think asks startup legend and VC heavyweight Ben Horowitz to reflect on his bestseller "The Hard Thing About Hard Things."
Earth, the only rocky planet with a large, massive satellite, is greatly affected by the Moon. Destroying it would cause 7 major changes.
Everyone has to learn about sex somehow. Today, billions of people are learning about it from porn.