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This productivity hack comes with an asterisk, explains note-taking guru Tiago Forte.

MIT theoretical physicists are working to carry the structure of crystals, such as table salt, into the fourth dimension of time. The result could be a computer than runs infinitely into the future. 

In the wake of the pandemic, the crystal industry boomed, with customers hoping the stones might relieve a little anxiety.

Crystallization is an entirely random process, so scientists have developed clever ways to investigate it at a molecular level.

Using cellulose from trees and a synthetic polymer, MIT researchers have created a material that “is stronger and tougher than some types of bone, and harder than typical aluminum alloys.”

Our research on a Martian meteorite provides new clues about early surface conditions on the red planet.

Is the time crystal really an otherworldly revolution, leveraging quantum computing that will change physics forever?

Scientists created the mineral lonsdaleite in a lab and tested its strength using sound waves — before it was obliterated.

New analysis of Apollo 17 sample reveals clues to the Moon’s violent history.

Physicists propose using time crystals to bring about a quantum computing revolution.

Time crystals have been detected in an unexpected place: monoammonium phosphate, a compound found in fertilizer and ‘grow your own crystal’ kits.

If you heard about time crystals, be aware that they do exist. But learn what they mean. “Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time […]

NASA finds 50,000 year-old bacteria alive inside gigantic crystals in a Mexican mine.

Time crystals could even form stable qubits, making quantum computing possible.   

Physicists create a structure that breaks the symmetry of time.

Physicists may be close to creating the theoretical “time crystals”.

Radioactive crystals left behind by ancient bacteria tell us about a long-ago supernova nearby.

Decision Academy, brought to you by ClearerThinking.org in association with Big Think Mentor uses insights from cognitive science to help people recognize their own blind spots and make better decisions. 

Scientists say their new storage method — which consists of encoding data on self-assembled nanostructures in fused quartz using a very fast laser — could preserve immense amounts of data long after human civilization has ended.

Based on recent findings, scientists in the Netherlands believe that diamond crystals may one day form what amounts to an Internet connecting far flung quantum computers. 

Born from the theory of an MIT physicist, Berkeley scientists have come up with a way to build an eternal clock that, they say, would survive the inevitable “heat death” of the universe. 

When Walmart comes to your town, there are always two different reactions: “No! They’ll kill all the small businesses!” Or “Yes! Big selection at low prices!” A similar phenomenon is […]

What if you had a crystal ball that could predict the rise and fall of the stock market? Or that predicted which candidate would win the election and thus if […]

David Brooks at the New York Times says the exposure journalism that ousted McCrystal does a disservice to everyone by creating mistrust between the government and the press.

Former Islamabad CIA station chief Rob Grenier calls the row over General McCrystal’s remarks a “foolish spectacle” and sees in it evidence of the impossible situation in Afghanistan.

While in in the past we thought of the earth’s core as fairly homogeneous, it’s now clear that the solid center of the earth is an aggregation of crystals.

Crystal formations on the moon’s surface, found by India’s Chandrayaan-1 probe, prove that “a rolling ocean of magma once engulfed the rocky body of our satellite.”