Search
Latest Articles
The newest essays, interviews, and features from Big Think.
Carl Sagan liked to smoke weed. His essay on why is fascinating.
Saudade: the untranslatable Portuguese word that names the presence of absence and takes melancholy delight in what's gone.
7mins
Minimalism, thought to be a solution to our overstimulated lives, is actually dulling our senses.
A buzzworthy study looks at the strange actions of bees.
Hawking, who died in March, answers questions like "Is there a God?" and "Is time travel possible?" in his final book, which is available today.
The Ocean Cleanup's System 001 is being deployed at Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
A cheat sheet containing what really works.
Research says we overestimate the risk of truthtelling.
This meteorite is the oldest known volcanic rock in the solar system, dated at 4,565,000,000 years old.
In the world of crypto, the more outlandish the idea, the more potentially disruptive.
8mins
James Patterson on teaching kids to read.
Nothing can go faster than the speed of light in a vacuum. But particles in our Universe can’t even go that fast. When it comes to speed limits, the ultimate one […]
The Seattle tech magnate died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Drinking home alone in your underwear just might be what you need to be as relaxed as the Finnish.
The art of correct grammar and perfect punctuation is a skill that many writers struggle to grasp. Whether you are writing a blog, novel, an, APA outline, or a job […]
Andy Thomas, a Missouri-based painter, painted an imaginary image of Trump and past Republican presidents that now hangs in the White House.
In the simplest of words, an Instagram influencer is an individual who has a huge fan base. These fans or 'followers' are tuned into the influencer's activity online because they […]
142 more stores to close, but that might be just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.