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The physicist was both a gentleman and scholar.
“Competition creates efficiency,” is preached as if it were a law of nature. But nature itself teaches a different lesson.
Not only is religion just as bad as an infectious disease, Mr. Dawkins also says it is a form of child abuse.
So, here’s the question for today: How should we respond when people we admire make serious missteps? Just so there’s no confusion, I want to say right up front that […]
As businesses grow, bureaucracy threatens to overwhelm the best efforts of the entrepreneur and his team. How can you keep success from unraveling your business?
Here is Part 1 of my notes from our day with Will Richardson. You also can see the live chat and/or follow the Twitter conversation and/or participate in EtherPad. I’m […]
It is not often that a celebrity memoir makes the leap from the front page of the New York Times Arts section to its Op-Ed page, but then what less […]
Yesterday, Howard University hosted a panel discussion on “The Poetry of Science” featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson and Richard Dawkins. Among subjects, Tyson and Dawkins discussed the prospects for life on […]
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Bringing immigrants out of the shadows, on both sides of the pond.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
"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."
From Einstein to Twain, Garson O’Toole investigates the truth behind your favorite — and often misattributed — quotes.
Is the Universe's expansion rate 67 km/s/Mpc, 73 km/s/Mpc, or somewhere in between? The Hubble tension is real and not so easy to resolve.
Dreams of resurrecting lost species didn’t start in Hollywood or Silicon Valley.
As democracy recedes and fascism rises in the USA and around the world in 2025, history provides a lesson in how science can fight fascism.
In this preview from "The Saucerian," author Gabriel Mckee explains how the combination of fantastical stories and obscure bureaucracy launched the “space age of the imagination.”
“It’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong.”
Dark matter doesn't absorb or emit light, but it gravitates. Instead of something exotic and novel, could it just be dark, normal matter?
A brief guide to habits that separate deep understanding from superficial knowledge — and how to cultivate them.
When appraising human behavior, people tend to forgo the lessons of psychology in favor of assumption and anecdote.
By looking back at future dreams we can see our current hopes and visions in a whole new light.
Gravitational waves are the last signatures that are emitted by merging black holes. What happens when these two phenomena meet in space?
Can laboratories become more humane, or is it time to end animal research altogether?
An in-depth interview with astronomer Kelsey Johnson, whose new book, Into the Unknown, explores what remains unknown about the Universe.
"We are not our grandparents. It’s time to start thinking differently," journalist Annie Jacobsen told Big Think.
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The Grammy-nominated artist reflects on a life of heartbreak and a future full of hope.
Unlikely Collaborators
Predicted way back in the 1960s, the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 completed the Standard Model. Here's why it remains fascinating.
Over-reliance on experts with quick fixes has taken us too far from reality — it’s time to dispel the fairy tales.
The mutual distance between well-separated galaxies increases with time as the Universe expands. What else expands, and what doesn't?
What would it take to create a truly intelligent microbot, one that can operate independently?