#bigthink

Wear your mask! it Helps!

Some tips for getting along in our current circumstances

Get some small idea of the challenges facing the design of a fusion reactor

Doesn’t matter where or when they come from, Sgt. Keegan does not like roaches!

Rapid thawing of the permafrost needs to be incorporated into climate change models

Two possible new strategies for SETI

Tiny brain region, big impact

Music’s effect on animals is species-specific, and seems to require sounds similar to those an animal has encountered in their environment.

Could the Casimir Effect be responsible for the universe’s accelerating expansion?

Are we facing an “Andromeda Straini” scenario?

Humans are unique. So is every species

Climate research in spaaaaaace!

Wish music really did soothe the savage beast: we could erect giant speakers in Washington DC and solve all of our issues with the proper playlist

There must be “Hulks” all over the universe

we think that hearing a voice from so long ago will be an unforgettable experience

Scientist duplicates Puppeteer feat

from an era before the dinosaurs

In his new book, The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Our Conscious Brains, neuroscientist Joseph Ledoux assigns himself the simple tasks of explaining how consciousness developed

Zero G seems to have interesting effects on cancer cells

There is no dark matter, there is only information.

Of course having sex reduces anxiety and depression: you’re no longer anxious and depressed about not having sex.

Andromeda Strain, anyone?

it could very well be the case that exposure to dogs had some benefit for the children’s developing immune systems.

If you’re a fan of cats who exist as a probability cloud, this stuff is for you

While some women experience pregnancy and childbirth as joyful, natural and fulfilling, others find themselves recoiling in horror at the physical demands

A nanoparticle influenza vaccine developed at Georgia State University proved effective in mice

Research of site specimens suggests that the forebearers to modern plants evolved much earlier than expected.

Provided it gets through the launch, the orbital manuevers, maintains communications, doesn’t suffer from glitches and makes a successful landing, we’re in for some really cool discoveries

Astronauts are very excited to be playing with fire in space

Medical Professionals and our representatives should honor science instead of lobbying and marketing efforts by pharmaceutical companies