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780,000 galaxies revealed in JWST's largest science operation With 255 hours of dedicated observing time and a full 0.54 square degrees of sky coverage, COSMOS-Web is JWST's largest deep observing program. Now released, in full, to everyone. bigthink.com/starts-with-a-…

What would the universe be like without dark matter? Ethan Siegel bigthink.com/starts-with-a-…

‘Everything is Tuberculosis’ author John Green on writing, anxiety, and illness @JohnGreen John Green opens up about his struggle to remain hopeful while writing about suffering and injustice. Read more: bigthink.com/books/john-gre…

Why America invents but doesn't build Derek Thompson

What is life? | Full interview with Paul Nurse 00:00 Why title the book ‘What is Life'? 00:53 What is the current biological definition of "life"? 02:38 What is the cell, and why is it important for understanding life? 07:09 What is the connection between humans and yeast? 11:37

There's much more in this interview I did with Big Think bigthink.com/the-long-game/…

Is the CIA a cult? ft. Andrew Bustamante Andrew Bustamante

What are the "first stars" in the Universe? #AskEthan If you go back early enough, you'll find a time where no stars yet existed. Immediately after, that's where the first stars are. But what makes them so cosmically important? bigthink.com/starts-with-a-…

JWST reveals that galaxies grow up quickly in our Universe According to simulations, features like central bars, spiral arms, big sizes, and rotating disks take enormous times to occur. But with JWST, we see they occur earlier than ever. bigthink.com/starts-with-a-…

The great friendship collapse: Inside The Anti-Social Century | Derek Thompson 0:00 American Time Use Survey 0:55 The decline of socializing over 60 years 1:41 How the TV privatized leisure 2:38 How the smartphone privatized attention 3:12 The Anti-Social Century 4:40 Dopamine and

People are wrong about resilience John Amaechi OBE

Our own Hannah Ritchie did a video last year with Big Think called “What the news won't tell you about climate change” — and it just won gold at the 2025 The Telly Awards as the best non-broadcast video on sustainability!

I spoke with jamie arbib and Tony Seba about their new book, Stellar. The conversation appears in Big Think for my Long Game column. This is one of the most provocative, mind-blowing visions of the future of humanity I've ever read. And it's also deeply optimistic. Link

Astronomers close in on the source of the highest energy particles In our Earthly labs, we can accelerate particles up to ~TeV energies. But there are far stronger astronomical PeVatrons out there, and we're finally locating them right in our galaxy. bigthink.com/starts-with-a-…

The accidental drug that saved millions Derek Thompson

What happens the day after humanity creates AGI? “We are racing towards a new era in which we outsource cognitive abilities that are central to our identity as thinking beings” — Louis Rosenberg Louis Rosenberg, PhD Read more: bigthink.com/the-future/wha…

The Trump administration is seeking, in part, to reduce US trade deficits through its tariff policies. This is a flawed strategy, as the US trade deficit is ENTIRELY DETERMINED by the gap between domestic US saving & domestic US investment. My latest in Big Think:

A multiverse from cosmic inflation @startswithabang

Why the risk is worth taking KevinSmith | BigThink+ 0:00 The First to Stand 0:16 A reasonable amount of unreasonability 0:34 The Kevin Smith Cinematic Universe 1:55 Kevin’s origin story 2:36 A $27,575 mistake? 3:21 A cognitive reframe 4:37 From an empty theater to Sundance

Scientists expected the trailing side of Uranus's moons would be darkened by radiation. When we looked we found the exact opposite. @startswithabang Here's why and what it might mean: bigthink.com/starts-with-a-…