#Bigthink

Our beliefs about AI consciousness may depend less on evidence and more on self-interest.

1g is our acceleration in Earth's gravity: 9.8m/s². If a spaceship constantly accelerated at that rate, here's how far we could travel.

In this all-new Starts With A Bang podcast episode, find out how stellar streams have the power to reveal the nature of dark matter.

Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel explains how new dark energy measurements are upending what physicists thought they knew about how the universe will end.

Drawing on his experience leading the White House's pandemic preparedness effort, Raj Panjabi explains how COVID taught him to prepare for the unexpected.

Clinical psychologist Ramani Durvasula explains what narcissism really is, how to spot it, and why most of what circulates online gets it wrong.

Clinical psychologist Ramani Durvasula explains what narcissism really is, how to spot it, and why most of what circulates online gets it wrong.

Back in 2004, a supermassive black hole from 10.8 billion years ago was found, weighing in at 66 billion solar masses. How is this possible?

Back in 2004, a supermassive black hole from 10.8 billion years ago was found, weighing in at 66 billion solar masses. How is this possible?

A new digital atlas increases the Roman road network by 59% — and it changes how we think of the Empire.

A new digital atlas increases the Roman road network by 59% — and it changes how we think of the Empire.

Two thousand years before the sitcom, ancient Greek playwrights were mining sex, politics, and family drama for laughs.

Two thousand years before the sitcom, ancient Greek playwrights were mining sex, politics, and family drama for laughs.

Two types of nanotechnology, metalenses and metamaterials, could soon make Star Trek's long-imagined "cloaking device" a reality.

Two types of nanotechnology, metalenses and metamaterials, could soon make Star Trek's long-imagined "cloaking device" a reality.

Max Spero discusses how AI detection has changed, the future of online trust, and why we’re in “a time of norm-building.”

Max Spero discusses how AI detection has changed, the future of online trust, and why we’re in “a time of norm-building.”

From robot dog fights to Victorian graveyards, historian Thomas Moynihan journeys into the city’s new avant-garde.

From robot dog fights to Victorian graveyards, historian Thomas Moynihan journeys into the city’s new avant-garde.