43% of people think they can get a sense of someone’s personality by their picture.
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Our Sun will continue to grow, becoming a red giant and then a planetary nebula. Here’s how large it will get.
There is strong evidence that invertebrates are sentient beings.
From forgotten Hollywood movies to Frank Herbert’s “Dune,” science fiction illustrates some of our deepest fears about technology.
Quantum uncertainty and wave-particle duality are big features of quantum physics. But without Pauli’s rule, our Universe wouldn’t exist.
Rare and costly paints have shaped art history in unforeseen ways. Mummy brown caused one artist to bury his paint.
Giant particle accelerators aren’t a waste of money. They are essential for understanding the Universe.
If computers can beat us at chess, maybe they could beat us at math, too.
Take a trip through these master-crafted fantasy societies and ask yourself: Could I actually live there?
It’s all well and good to discuss how our humanity evolved – but what even is humanity?
Memory, responsibility, and mental maturity have long been difficult to describe objectively, but neuroscientists are starting to detect patterns. Coming soon to a courtroom near you?
For the ancients, hospitality was an inviolable law enforced by gods and priests and anyone else with the power to make you pay dearly for mistreating a stranger.
The most technically impressive feats of animation often strike us as eerie instead of impressive, and it’s all thanks to the uncanny valley.
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes is often labeled a quintessential Spanish artist, but his allegiance may well have lied with the French Enlightenment instead.
A nasty disease might not be able to travel around much longer.
Can quantum computers do things that standard, classical computers can’t? No. But if they can calculate faster, that’s quantum supremacy.
The study suggests scientists are underestimating the number of animal species that could generate the next novel coronavirus.
From succubi to aliens, stories of abductions or other unsettling encounters have been with us for millennia. What explains them?
If you look into a mirror, you’ll notice that left-and-right are reversed, but up-and-down is preserved. The reason isn’t what you think.
The discovery pushes back humanity’s history with domestication.
In “Off the Edge”, journalist Kelly Weill dives down the strange rabbit hole of the flat-Earther community.
The puzzle of play
The purpose of play — for children, monkeys, rats or meerkats — has proved surprisingly hard to pin down. Scientists continue to toss around ideas.
It’s perhaps the most famous thought experiment in all of physics, but is full of popular myths and misconceptions. One of the most bizarre ideas about the quantum Universe is […]
Instead of fear, his delusions bring him cheer. His psychiatrist embraces them.
Bastet was the daughter of the sun. The ancient Egyptian goddess was originally a fierce lioness warrior—a strong woman with the head of a big cat. Over time, her image […]
The apes taught sign language didn’t understand what they were doing. They were merely “aping” their caretakers.
It’s not the caffeine; it’s the people.
A recent study illuminated surprising differences in how men and women seek help when struggling with relationships.
Scientists at the San Diego Zoo are on a mission to resurrect the extinct northern white rhino.