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A study describes how researchers conducted the first successful DNA sequencing on ancient Egyptian mummies.

Recasting the iconic Carrington Event as just one of many superstorms in Earth’s past, scientists reveal the potential for even more massive eruptions from the sun.

Long before the Wordle mania, there was the crossword puzzle craze. And newspapers around the world condemned them as an “invasive weed” that caused mental illnesses and even murder.

Holograms preserve all of an object’s 3D information, but on a 2D surface. Could the holographic Universe idea lead us to higher dimensions?

Tips from neuroscience and psychology can make you an expert thinker.

“I’ve got Santa on the phone and he says he’s not coming unless you go to bed now.”

When you don’t have enough clues to bring your detective story to a close, you should expect that your educated guesses will all be wrong.

Are we really only a moment away from “The Singularity,” a technological epoch that will usher in a new era in human evolution?

Movie soundtracks don’t just help us recall the plot of a film; they also allow us to better understand its meaning.

Virtually enroll in beginner-to-expert guitar lessons to unleash your inner musician.

The last 70 years have taken us farther than the previous 70,000. But can we accomplish more than creating a record saying, “We were here?”

Milgram’s experiment is rightly famous, but does it show what we think it does?

Problem-solving skills are in demand. Every job posting lists them under must-have qualifications, and every job candidate claims to possess them, par excellence. Young entrepreneurs make solutions to social and […]

A small percentage of people who consume psychedelics experience strange lingering effects, sometimes years after they took the drug.

When we rely on the conscious mind alone, we lose; but when we listen to the body, we gain a winning edge.

Ultrarunning is a celebration of living and a rehearsal of dying all rolled up in a single intense experience.

Despite losing most of his extended family to the guillotine, Tocqueville grew up to become a fervent supporter of democratic revolution.

Researchers speculate the famous monument was one of the world’s first solar calendars, possibly inspired by trade with ancient Egyptians. 

The experience of life flashing before one’s eyes has been reported for well over a century, but where’s the science behind it?

Everything is made of matter, not antimatter, including black holes. If antimatter black holes existed, what would they do?

Bolsheviks planned to erect a towering monument to the socialist cause, but their quixotic ideas never got off the ground.

William Shatner is going to space because Jeff Bezos loves Star Trek.

Some neurology experiments — such as growing miniature human brains and reanimating the brains of dead pigs — are getting weird. It’s time to discuss ethics.

Contrary to what some might think, the brain is a very plastic organ.

Because of our ability to think about thinking, “the gap between ape and man is immeasurably greater than the one between amoeba and ape.”

Learn how to practice “self-indifference.”

From wearable electronics to microscopic sensors to telemedicine, new advances like graphene and supercapacitors are bringing “impossible” electronics to life.

“Don’t tread on me” is a slogan of the deep sea, too.

It’s never too late to learn a new language. Just don’t count on speaking French like a Parisian.