The Latest from Big Think

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The sharp drop-off in world trade growth is a major risk in the coming year.
That disastrous rock may now looks to have been a Beta Taurid passenger
Japan looks to replace China as the primary source of critical metals
When two black holes merge together, about 5% of their mass gets lost. Where does that information go? Do merging black holes lose information? They absolutely must, according to General […]
The neurochemistry of working with your hands.
Patients with lung disease could find relief by breathing in messenger RNA molecules.
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NASA's Michelle Thaller explains how an accidental discovery led to the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Sometimes, the biggest answers to the deepest questions come in the most unexpected of places. In the Solar System, anything out past Neptune is generally considered to be the outer reaches […]
Einstein's God is infinitely superior but impersonal and intangible, subtle but not malicious. He is also firmly determinist.
None of these steps are quick or easy, but practice and online courses can help.
It's the first time humans have landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon.
The first steps toward developing tools that could help disabled people regain the power to speak.
In theory, we could use high-energy lasers to make our own artificial black holes, potentially capturing the enormous energy they emit.
Recipe for awe: Coat one egg with Starlite. Blast it with a ridiculous amount of heat until charred black. Crack it open.
The secret to a calmer trip to work could be hidden in plain sight.
Turns out the more we desire a food, the more we have to consume to feel satiated.
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Psychedelics are crude drugs. Could neuroscience and super-intelligent AI help us design something better?
Dark matter is one of the most puzzling, unintuitive concepts in all of physics. But we still need it. Our Universe isn’t like us. While we’re made of atoms, and other […]