Big Think Science

04/26/2025

About 26,500 years ago, the Taupo volcano generated the Ōruanui eruption, one of the most violent on record. A recent study found that the Taupo volcano was likely responsible for increased seismic activity in nearby areas.

The Taupo volcano was responsible for one of the most violent eruptions on record.

04/26/2025

Next stop, Westworld?

The smart skin can "sweat" like human skin and also self-heal.

04/26/2025

The researchers hope this will lead to the development of treatments for fatigue-related symptoms of depression and multiple sclerosis.

Johns Hopkins researchers hope this could lead to new interventions for combating it.

04/26/2025

In older adults, cold water applied to the face and neck has been shown to improve brain function.

Cold water immersion or having a cold shower is good for your health – even if the reasons why are still a little unclear.

04/26/2025

Nearly 2 million Americans suffer from type 1 diabetes.

Engineered immune cells have prevented Type 1 diabetes in mice.

04/25/2025

According to researchers at Washington State University, the answer is yes.

04/25/2025

Let's just hope this never happens.

Even with six months' notice, we can't stop an incoming asteroid.

04/25/2025

How Nobel Prize winner physicist Lev Landau ranked the best physics minds of his generation.

04/25/2025

“What we’re saying here is pretty radical,” says Jeffrey Mogil, a neuroscientist at McGill University.

Chronic pain is often thought to be caused by inflammation. A provocative new paper suggests inflammation could actually prevent it.

04/25/2025

Stanford scientists have found a more accurate way to measure a person's biological age.

Age ain't nothing but a number, but "inflammatory age" may be real.

04/24/2025

Queen bees and worker bees are genetically identical organisms. They become two different life forms because the queen eats 'royal jelly'. The same principle is seen in humans.

The latest evidence suggests that food “talks” to our genome, which is the genetic blueprint that directs the way the body works.

04/24/2025

Listening to some songs can cause a powerful physiological response known as "frisson." What is it, and why does it happen?

04/24/2025

Are we the only animal that can stop and take conscious notice of what we see?

We can't ask them, so scientists have devised an experiment.

04/24/2025

Science's replication crisis is well-known, but the research community is suffering from another serious problem: the retraction crisis.

The retraction crisis has morphed into a citation crisis.

04/24/2025

Researchers discover how to use light instead of electricity to advance artificial intelligence.

04/24/2025

It may explain what’s happening biologically when people see their lives “flash before their eyes” during near-death experiences.

The first recorded brain activity of a person during their death suggests a biological trigger for near-death experiences.

04/24/2025

We're already at the beginning of the end.

04/24/2025

The bodies of some Tibetan monks remain "fresh" after what appears to be their death.

For some reason, the bodies of deceased monks stay "fresh" for a long time.