Big Think21 hours agoAt what distance could a “twin Earth” detect our signals?bigthink.com - Adam FrankJust over 60 years ago, Frank Drake turned a radio telescope at two stars and “listened” for signals of an alien civilization. That experiment marked …
Big Think1 day agoAsk Ethan: What are the worst cosmic misnomers?bigthink.com - Ethan SiegelOut there in the Universe, there are all sorts of fascinating objects, phenomena, and events that have been either predicted, theorized, or directly …
Big Think1 day agoEmbrace your dark side: A new perspective on negative emotionsbigthink.com - Kevin DickinsonIn the 4th century A.D., Evagrius Ponticus escaped into the desert to contemplate salvation. An ascetic and philosopher, Evagrius came to believe …
Big Think1 day agoThe hidden mathematics behind why you find things beautifulbigthink.com - Jonny Thomson“Some people will hate what I say,” the mathematician Marcus du Sautoy tells me, “because it’s all about unweaving the rainbow. Some people want to …
Big Think1 day agoWhen research is cheap, conviction becomes pricelessbigthink.com - Eric MarkowitzThis week, I had something of an a-ha moment: as AI-driven technologies make vast amounts of distilled information instantly accessible, the cost of …
Big Think2 days agoHow glorifying ignorance leads to science illiteracybigthink.com - Ethan SiegelAll across the country, you can see how the seeds of it develop from a very young age. When children raise their hands in class because they know the …