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The last infant stars are finishing their formation inside these pillars of gas. The evaporation of those columns is almost complete.
Black smart glasses with clear lenses are displayed against a green and yellow gradient background with a grid pattern.
Smart glasses have flopped before. AI could finally make them mainstream.
A red hourglass sits against a background of swirling purple patterns.
Kurzweil predicts that AI will combine with biotechnology to defeat degenerative diseases this decade. Then things will get really interesting.
A display of vintage Italian newspapers and magazines, including "Cinema," "La Ragione," and "L'Era Nuova," arranged on a table at an outdoor market.
The evidence is far less clear than popular media might lead you to believe.
A series of sun positions during sunset over a landscape, with trees in the foreground and mountains in the background, creating a pattern of glowing points in the sky.
Sure, there's less daylight during winter than summer, as your hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun. But darkness goes deeper than that.
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"We should be informed and educated about the risks of AI, but we can’t be afraid,” Khan Academy founder Sal Khan told Big Think.
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From flow to emotional intelligence, these insightful books feature actionable advice you can try out today.
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Our thermodynamic arrow of time explains why the entropy of any isolated system always increases. But it can't explain what we perceive.
An image contrasts two emotions: the left side shows a close-up of a tearful face, while the right side depicts a woman immersed in laughter.
Cody Delistraty explores if laughter can help alleviate the physical symptoms of grief.
A row of four black office chairs sit in front of a large oval digital screen displaying a green matrix pattern, symbolizing AI business impact, in a modern white room.
Nestor Maslej, research manager at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), talks us through key findings in the 2024 AI Index Report.
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The near and far sides of the Moon are so different from each other, and no one is sure why. New lunar samples could confirm a wild theory.
A spacecraft hovers near a bright ring of light in space, surrounded by misty rays and a vast, dark background.
This research team is working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells in the liquid water ocean hidden beneath Enceladus’s icy crust.
A historical illustration depicts an automaton dressed in Ottoman attire, seated behind a chessboard with mechanical components visible below the table, showcasing an early concept akin to mind-body AI.
Our “embodied minds” suggest an eventual escape from mortality via computer is unlikely.
All telescopes are fundamentally limited in what they can see. JWST reveals more distant galaxies than Hubble, but still can't see them all.
Map of the world showing tropical cyclone tracks from 1985 to 2005. Paths are marked with lines indicating storm movement over time. Dense clusters appear in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean.
Thanks to the Coriolis force, hurricanes never cross the equator.
A grayscale business portrait of a young CEO in a suit and tie framed over a blue and gray background with abstract charts and the number 5, symbolizing key lessons integrated into the design.
Yushiro Kato — the 32-year-old co-founder and CEO of manufacturing platform CADDi — offers his most valuable leadership learnings.
An artist's impression of a cluster of stars.
There was a time where no starlight was visible throughout the entire cosmos. That time was short-lived: shorter than astronomers imagined.