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The Te’omim Cave in the Jerusalem Hills is filled with skulls and oil lamps — objects a new study says may have been used in dark rituals.
Fossil Cycad National Monument held America’s richest deposit of petrified cycadeoid plants, until it didn’t.
Ironically, the company did so using technology perfected by the oil industry.
An army of replicators belonging to national laboratories, research universities, and amateur garages is rushing to replicate ambient superconductivity in LK-99.
How the simple act of watching twilight can radically transform our perception of the world and our role within it.
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AI programs like ChatGPT can create "thanabots" based on deceased loved ones' digital communications, allowing us to talk with the departed.
It will be immensely difficult for the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains to protect their competitive edge if they do not pursue a radical change.
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Evolution doesn’t fix things — it reinvents them. A biologist explains.
John Templeton Foundation
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This two-time debate world champion gives three tips for constructing the perfect argument.
Recent claims put LK-99 as the first room temperature, ambient pressure superconductor ever. Has the game changed, or is it merely hype?
Psychopathic tendencies may be present to some extent in all of us. New research is reframing this often sensationalized and maligned set of traits and finding some positive twists.
An X-ray offers a glimpse into the painter’s early years.
Engineer James Clarke liberated John, Paul, George, and Ringo from their mono and stereo straitjackets using algorithms at Abbey Road.
Big Think covered the 2012 study shortly after it was published. We are now correcting the record.
If we're going to discuss oceanography and climate change, we should at least identify the currents correctly.
If you’ve looked for a job recently, you may have encountered the personality test. You may also have wondered if it was backed by scientific research.
Giambattista della Porta's contributions to codebreaking changed the course of communication.
Scott Dikkers discusses comedy, the creative process, and life lessons learned playing peekaboo.
Each year in mid-August, Earth plows through the debris stream of an enormous comet, creating the Perseids. 2023's show will be magnificent!