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.

The idea that we’re happier at the beginning and end of our lives is really just a comforting myth.

The key to curbing sugar intake may lie in the gut rather than our tastebuds.

Based on product labeling claims, scientists hypothesized that green cleaners were less toxic. They were wrong.

From time-traveling billiard balls to information-destroying black holes, the world’s got plenty of puzzles that are hard to wrap your head around.