science

Look who went and got himself a talk show. Big Think’s regular contributor Bill Nye will be on Netflix in 2017!

A new study sheds light on the evolutionary connection between fish fins and human fingers.

University of California, Irvine physicists may have discovered a new fundamental force of nature. 

Science’s signature moves share something with good poetry. Good metaphor-making can make geniuses of both kinds. But bad metaphors can mislead whole fields.  

An old fight between philosophy and science has flared up again. Fortunately we have Rebecca Newberger Goldstein to help us sort out what’s going. 

A list debunking commonly believed falsehoods, misconceptions and just bad ideas.

A number of scientific studies find the traits shared by intelligent people.

Spanish scientists utilize a revolutionary new technique to create sperm from skin in a potential cure for infertility.

A new study confirms that zapping your brain with electricity might increase the ability for creative thought.

Your brain is the neural battleground of science and religion, with religious people and atheists differing in intelligence and empathy.  Can the two extremes reconcile?