The Latest from Big Think

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A group of prominent scientists shares how research has changed them.
Albert Einstein played a mean violin.
Christianity england
For the first time in nearly 1500 years, fewer than half the people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian.
The science fiction dream of a traversable wormhole is no closer to reality, despite a quantum computer's suggestive simulation.
“My dad asked me if I had been to tutoring and I lied… Then he showed me the tablet."
A recent study reveals how nerve insulation becomes impaired in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
A vertical map might better represent a world dominated by China and determined by shipping routes across the iceless Arctic.
Illustration of a volcanic eruption with thick clouds of smoke, ash, and flowing lava rising from the volcano’s crater.
6mins
Pessimism sounds smart. Optimism sounds dumb. Don’t fall for it, says Wired’s Kevin Kelly.
John Templeton Foundation
fentanyl vaccine
In an animal study, it blocked the drug from crossing into the brain.
People naturally judge fact from fiction in offline social settings, so why is it so hard online?
superabundance
Inequality should be measured in terms of the time it takes for us to earn the money to buy the things we need. And everyone is getting wealthier.
31mins
Collective illusions — false assumptions about society that many people share — have existed for thousands of years in many different ways. Today, because of social media and modern technology, […]
crispr cancer therapy
This small phase 1 study suggests that CRISPR-engineered T cells are safe and potentially effective, but there is a long way to go.
iconoclast
Climate activists' brand of iconoclasm is far removed from the Beeldenstorm that swept medieval Europe.
Becoming less physically active as you get older is not inevitable.