A college professor used YONDR pouches to stop students from accessing their smartphones.

These results may offer a pathway toward novel treatment options in the near future.

Though the sample size was small, the results are compelling.

Don’t believe in dark matter or dark energy? Your view of the Universe just got a lot more difficult. If you ask an astrophysicist what’s the greatest puzzle in the […]

The world has its first robotic citizen in a humanoid robot with an advanced range of emotions.

The reason why illuminates a certain bias we all seem to have.

In an age of bountiful data, there's dark potential for how corporations and judicial systems could use private details to discriminate against innocent people.

Scientists model the first virtual neurons to better understand the living brain.

There are many different “secret sauces” used by various organizations to fuel employee innovation and engagement. From production systems that foster employee independence and authority, to specific training programs and […]

How serious is the charge against President Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort, indicted for conspiring against the United States?

But could we reverse-engineer this research to program people to give a desired response?

Living in the moment is an exception, not the rule. So why do we invest so much energy into a future we can't predict, control, or anticipate? It turns out our happiness may depend on it.

Being too optimistic can have real drawbacks, according to a new study that looks at expectations of life that are not grounded in reality.

Summary Shane Battier, a famous sports commentator once recognized as "the 7th smartest athlete in American pro sports" by The Sporting News, shares his insights about advanced analytics and how they helped […]

The U.S. divided into Pacific, Atlantic, Interior and Confederate States      

There’s no science in this episode of science fiction… but there’s a lot of suspicious happenings that no one’s noticing. Following up on the best episode of the season, thus […]

This independent zone, with its own regulations and social norms, will be built from scratch on 10,231 square miles of untouched land at a cost of $500 billion. 

Civil wars are a particularly brutal type of conflict. Warring sides are trapped inside a single border, the fighting can last decades, and peace may not last once the fighting stops.

From gun control to fun control, these were Big Think's most excellent comments of the week. Be excellent to each other! 

Physicists make a new discovery in quantum mechanics, showing nanomagnets can levitate despite a classic theorem that said it's impossible.