Bats are being subjected to a deadly plague that may be threatening their existence. However, a new bacterial spray may help fight the fungus responsible.

Not only can’t astronomers and planetary scientists agree, but the IAU made it worse for everyone. If you were alive in 2006, you likely remember a momentous event in astronomy: […]

Going back to the moon will give us fresh insights about the creation of our solar system.

The evolution of good, evil, and the roots of human distinctiveness.

Jokesters and serious Area 51 raiders would be met with military force.

Strangely, the sun showed no sunspots at the time the photo was taken.

She may not be ours forever.

The Harvard Medical School's clinical professor of psychiatry wrote the book on the topic.

"It is almost impossible to put into words the difference that Alan Turing made to society."

He says his company would survive even if Instagram disappeared tomorrow.

When stars get ejected from galaxies within massive clusters, they go where the dark matter is. Dark matter is one of the greatest mysteries in the Universe, displaying its effects in […]

Why don't they get it? A pastor tackles the question.

MIT and Google researchers use deep learning to decipher ancient languages.

Activist and Big Think reader Roy M. Arce explains his idea for a new community policing team and how it can halt vicious cycles of PTSD and homelessness.

The university will also offer partial financial aid to middle-income students.

New research compares the roles and political clout of royal women in eight societies spanning five continents and more than 4,000 years.

Studies on stress and memory have often given conflicting results.

Should doctors allow their expertise to trump patient's personal goals — or should they yield to it?

"We live in an age in which there is too much excessive information, less knowledge, and very, very little wisdom." Elif Shafak has faced trial and investigation in her native Turkey for giving voice to the voiceless in her novels. We talk about her book THREE DAUGHTERS OF EVE and the fight for nuance in a world of binaries.