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Evolutionary Biology
Found by Hubble before JWST's launch, GNz7q looked like a mix of a galaxy and a quasar. Was it actually our first known "little red dot"?
25 min
“Deep down the natural endpoint of this whole goal of looking for planets is to answer the question: are we alone?”
Getting drunk might be bad for you but good for us.
Each of these stories rests on a foundation of great ideas that will scare you to death and make you think.
From here on Earth, looking farther away in space means looking farther back in time. So what are distant Earth-watchers seeing right now?
The fear of unleashing forces beyond control has haunted science for centuries.
Dust is ubiquitous in the modern Universe, appearing in nearly all galaxies. But our cosmos was born dust-free. So where does it originate?
3 min
Biologist Tyler Volk PhD, psychiatrist Bruce Greyson MD, and palliative care physician BJ Miller MD, reveal how confronting mortality can improve the way we live.
Unlikely Collaborators
8 min
“The idea of evolution by natural selection is, for me, probably the most beautiful idea in biology.”
In “The Secret History of Denisovans,” Silvana Condemi and François Savatier trace the story of our mysterious hominin ancestor.
A conversation about intelligence and consciousness with philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith.
Philosophers once prophesied that evolution would lead to minds far greater — and stranger — than our own.
"For many people, the idea that consciousness is a set of tricks is offensive," the late philosopher told Big Think in 2012. "I think that's a prime mistake."
After more than a million years of separation, two branches of humanity reunited around 300,000 years ago, suggests new research.