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Ask Ethan: Do any particles not have antiparticles?

Big Think     Dec 15, 2023

Comic book expert explains how our favorite heroes have evolved over time

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Big Think     Dec 14, 2023

What was it like when no stars yet existed? - Big Think

What was it like when no stars yet existed?

Big Think     Dec 14, 2023

A new injection is helping stave off RSV this season

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Big Think     Dec 13, 2023

Exoplanet discoveries reveal Earth's profound rarity in the cosmos - Big Think

Exoplanet discoveries reveal Earth's profound rarity in the cosmos

Big Think     Dec 13, 2023

The scientific hazards of being Santa Claus

Big Think     Dec 13, 2023

5 brilliant books that pioneered new subgenres of literature

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Big Think     Dec 12, 2023

How should we be thinking about the future?

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The future is coming, whether we’re ready or not. Physicist Sean Carroll, planetary scientist Nina Lanza, and futurist Kevin Kelly are three brilliant minds who have spent their careers studying how time has affected the Earth — and Kmele is on a mission to understand their findings. Part of understanding what we know includes identifying the things we don’t know; this way, we can keep our minds open to new discoveries and ideas. What is it really like to be a theoretical physicist, who only works with ideas? How does philosophy underline the progress we’ve made as a society? And, finally, what is humanity’s role in the future, and what can we do to make sure our ...

Big Think     Dec 12, 2023

The act of ice skating is a miracle of physics

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Big Think     Dec 12, 2023

10 fun facts as Halley's Comet makes its big comeback - Big Think

Big Think     Dec 11, 2023

Why this startup is creating edible oil from sawdust

Big Think     Dec 10, 2023

How exposure to language in the womb shapes the brain

Big Think     Dec 09, 2023

Starts With A Bang podcast #100 - Galaxies in the JWST era - Big Think

Galaxies in the JWST era

Big Think     Dec 09, 2023

Physicists unveil 10-year plan for exploring the quantum Universe

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Big Think     Dec 09, 2023

Flatter Earth: Without plate tectonics, our planet once looked much different

You hear a lot about people believing that the Earth is flat these days. It’s hard to imagine anyone seriously considering that the world is not a sphere. Still, in researching a new project about life and geological history, I found an entirely new meaning for “flat Earth,” or at least a “flatter Earth,” that has the possibility of actually being true. To understand what I’m talking about, we need to go back to a staple of geology: plate tectonics. Plate tectonics The lithosphere is the scientific name for the outer skin of the planet. It extends down a few hundred kilometers and includes both the crust and the upper mantle.

Big Think     Dec 08, 2023

Ask Ethan: Is it possible that gravity isn't quantum? - Big Think

Big Think     Dec 08, 2023

Devices that could change how we measure blood pressure

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Big Think     Dec 07, 2023

Humans may be the most powerful evolutionary force on Earth

Big Think     Dec 07, 2023

Genome editing reverses autistic behaviors in mice

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Big Think     Dec 07, 2023

Jellyfish surprise scientists by learning without a brain

Big Think     Dec 07, 2023

3 rebellious creators tell us the meaning of life

In this episode of Dispatches from The Well, Kmele Foster continues his search for the meaning of life inside the minds of some of the world’s most creative visionaries. Godfrey Reggio revolutionized film with his experimental documentaries. Steve Albini is preserving the spirit of music by committing to analog recording. Fred Armisen turned his creativity into a career by combining his passion for music and comedy. Kmele sat down with each of these creators and asked them about the “why” behind their existence. From sitting behind the camera to stepping in front of it, these artists have found meaning in their lives by committing to the things that, in simple terms, are the most fun.

Big Think     Dec 07, 2023

What was it like when the first atoms formed?

Big Think     Dec 07, 2023

We asked a government advisor about 2 key problems (and solutions) in AI regulation

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Democracies are intentionally slow-moving. Millions of people vote for hundreds of representatives, who then spend months debating a single law change. The strength of democracy is that it moves carefully, after great thought, and usually in a reversible way should things turn out badly. For most of history, this has more or less worked out, with technology and science moving slowly enough for democratic governments to keep up. But then came large language models. Say what you want about ChatGPT, but it has not moved slowly. At the start of 2022, only tech-curious journalists, AI researchers, or Silicon Valley insiders would have known what a large language model was.

Big Think     Dec 06, 2023

A very short history of the F-word

Big Think     Dec 06, 2023

The strange similarity of neuron and galaxy networks

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Christof Koch, a leading researcher on consciousness and the human brain, has famously called the brain “the most complex object in the known universe.” It’s not hard to see why this might be true. With a hundred billion neurons and a hundred trillion connections, the brain is a dizzyingly complex object. But there are plenty of other complicated objects in the universe. For example, galaxies can group into enormous structures (called clusters, superclusters, and filaments) that stretch for hundreds of millions of light-years. The boundary between these structures and neighboring stretches of empty space called cosmic voids can be extremely complex.1Gravity accelerates matter at these boundaries to speeds of thousands of kilometers per second, creating shock waves ...

Big Think     Dec 05, 2023

Vesuvius Challenge: Can AI decipher these mysterious ancient scrolls?

Big Think     Dec 05, 2023

Consciousness: Not just a problem for philosophers

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We’re diving deep into the “hard problem of consciousness.” Kmele combines the perspectives of five different scientists, philosophers, and spiritual leaders to approach one of humanity’s most pressing questions: what is consciousness? In the AI age, the question of consciousness is more prevalent than ever. Is every single thing in the universe self-aware? What does it actually mean to be conscious? Are our bodies really just a vessel for our thoughts? Kmele asks these questions, and many more, in the most thought-provoking episode yet. This is Dispatches from The Well. This video is featured on .

Big Think     Dec 05, 2023

"Singularities don't exist," claims black hole pioneer Roy Kerr - Big Think

"Singularities don't exist," claims black hole pioneer Roy Kerr

Big Think     Dec 05, 2023

Nematodes survive 46,000 years on ice

Big Think     Dec 04, 2023

Meet the woman who wants to change the way you think about sex

Big Think     Dec 04, 2023

Pulsars murder their companion stars, X-rays reveal

Big Think     Dec 04, 2023

A polyglot explains the tips (and myths) of learning new languages

Big Think     Dec 03, 2023