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Who would've thought that never seeing blue sky would bum you out?
Weather isn’t climate. The President isn’t a scientist. And physics is still real. The country is freezing in an unprecedented fashion, and global warming is to blame. Sound crazy? The cold […]
A new book about life under communism reveals an unexpected benefit.
This month's release from Big Think+ is all about diversity and inclusion. These two intertwined objectives are on our minds a lot lately for their importance in the company cultures […]
Lasers solve the mystery of the missing quill.
Psilocybin doesn't just make you trip; it can have lasting effects on how you see the world.
Not building one means giving up on brute force. We’re not yet ready to do that. There’s a problem with the field of high-energy physics, and it’s the biggest one imaginable. […]
The Polar Vortex was brutal, but not compared to the rest of the Universe.
U.S. laws regulating online speech offer broad protections for private companies, but experts worry free expression may be threatened by "better safe than sorry" voluntary censorship.
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Think America would never elect a socialist? Think again.
Only 8 worlds make the astronomical cut as planets. Here are the 10 fascinating bodies that didn’t make it. Astronomically, bodies within the Solar System must achieve three criteria in order […]
Climate-driven changes in phytoplankton communities will intensify the blue and green regions of the world’s oceans.
"Dinner and drinks" may take on a new, more provocative meaning.
Hungarian cartographer travels the world while mapping its treasures.
Have we turned the corner of a cold winter?
Why does Faulkner use "inchoate" so much? Maybe because Benjamin Dreyer wasn't his copy editor. The author of DREYER'S ENGLISH is here to remind us that there's no absolute authority on the English language. Still, please avoid "onboarding".
LIGO, here on Earth, has exquisitely-precise distances its lasers travel. With three spacecrafts in motion, how could LISA work? Since it began operating in 2015, advanced LIGO has ushered in an […]
Hint: Both lead to the same metabolic state.