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Released in 1972, "Ways of Seeing" has proven to be as worthy of study as the artistic traditions it investigates.
Senator John Sidney McCain III, who died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 at the age of 81, is lying in state in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol.
Quantum mechanics was first discovered on small, microscopic scales. 2025's Nobel Prize brings the quantum and large-scale worlds together.
A Cornell Health physician has blended rap and medicine to better educate kids on coronavirus guidelines.
If you ever loved something most people didn’t understand, you’ll get it. “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a […]
If humanity lives in an otherwise barren Universe, we'll have to forge philosophy that fills the void.
With the right prompts, large language models can produce quality writing — and make us question the limits of human creativity.
“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
“Dune: Part One” screenwriter Eric Roth spoke with Big Think about the challenges of bringing Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic to the big screen.
Serving as the inspiration for the modern horror classic “The Blair Witch Project,” what does our fascination with this unsolvable mystery tell us about our modern psyche?
Engineer James Clarke liberated John, Paul, George, and Ringo from their mono and stereo straitjackets using algorithms at Abbey Road.
Science fiction movies capture a classic human flaw: getting the future mostly wrong.
Some authors never saw their books score widespread acclaim—or even get published at all.
In 1903, a Vermont doctor bet $50 that he could cross America by car. It took him 63 days, $8,000, and 600 gallons of gas.
Solving difficult visual puzzles seems to help the brain "rewire" itself by forming new neural pathways.
Oxygen isn't strictly necessary for combustion, but it is ideal. Any advanced (alien) civilization probably uses oxygen to burn things.
The "Clovis First" hypothesis for human settlement of North and South America has just been debunked. Where do we go from here?
Nearly 200 orbital launches are scheduled for 2022.
Two new studies examine ways we could engineer human wormhole travel.
What can 'behaviorism' teach us about ourselves?
Map shows oldest buildings for each U.S. state – but also hints at what's missing.
A strange object found in the desert has prompted worldwide speculation.
But most city dwellers weren't seeing the science — they were seeing something out of Blade Runner.
Your television may soon get a serious upgrade.
We cannot give in to fear, but we cannot be reckless when the lives and health of so many are at stake. There is a novel infectious disease that is currently […]
Average waiting time for hitchhikers in Ireland: Less than 30 minutes. In southern Spain: More than 90 minutes.
The buildings of the future will be fluid, impermanent, and in constant transformation. But will human nature catch up?
Health experts told Congress that we're woefully unprepared for the coming realities of climate change. Will we listen?
America's greatest international impact since World War 2 has been through its diplomacy, not its wars.
Here are some of the best books on the rich history, rabid speculations and intriguing fictionalized world of artificial intelligence.