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The thrills and horrors of strange heavenly bodies condensed into one attractive snapshot.

What value does wit hold in genres defined by brute strength?

Gravitation, all on its own, can reveal what's present in the cosmos like nothing else.

Presidential gravesites are spread out “democratically” — but this is more by accident than design.

Science fiction movies capture a classic human flaw: getting the future mostly wrong.

Boredom isn’t the enemy; it’s a catalyst for changing your relationship to work.

The light from Earendel took 12.9 billion years to reach Hubble. The star is millions of times brighter than our Sun and 50 times as massive.

Einstein tried to disprove quantum mechanics. Instead, a weird concept called entanglement showed that Einstein was wrong.

The controversy over the universe's expansion rate continues with a new, faster estimate.

As a physician, John Pringle helped reinvent hygiene; as a husband, he destroyed a woman’s life with his abuse.

Astronomers possibly solve the mystery of how the enormous Oort cloud, with over 100 billion comet-like objects, was formed.

Research suggests that emotional intelligence is more vital for success than IQ.

If something is "true," it needs to be shown to work in the real world.

There are different types of atheism and atheists. In general, they can be classified as the non-religious, the non-believers, and agnostics.

We catalogue seven more board games to teach children science, problem-solving, and even foster their creativity.

The early colonists thought they were being pulled by God into a void left by plague.

Symbolic gestures often speak to our psyche in ways no rational action could ever speak to our intellect.

Science continues to amplify our view of reality.

Think therapy is self-centered? Think again.

Far from being a “dead” pursuit that focuses on old ideas, modern philosophy proposes and debates important, new concepts. All of us can learn from it.

If you think everyone around you is terrible, the joke may be on you.

One award was for a medical procedure that incapacitated thousands of people.

There are dozens of instructional design models, but most learning designers rely on a select few. Here are four of the most common.

The author of classics like "A Farewell to Arms" and "The Sun Also Rises" is known and loved for his simple yet effective writing style. Here’s how to imitate it.

These composers channeled the horror of the Holocaust and Hiroshima while honoring those who lived through it.

A thought experiment from 1867 leads scientists to design a groundbreaking information engine.

With sodium-sensitive eyes, we’d see it every new Moon. With no detectable gases, the Moon appears to be atmosphere-free. The Moon as seen from a view above the majority of Earth’s […]

About 150 million years ago, a long-necked sauropod came down with a respiratory infection. The rest is history...or is it? 

The Assam stone jars were described as early as 1929. Almost a century later, archaeologists still puzzle over their placement and purpose.

Why does Seattle continue to be a place that nurtures the development of breakthrough technologies but not Minneapolis, Memphis, or Minsk?