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How scientists are hearing the gravitational background "hum" of the Universe for the very first time.
These landscapes — of geographical differences in head shapes — have vanished from acceptable science (and cartography).
Someday, scientists could use stem cells to guide the development of synthetic organs for patients awaiting transplants.
Philosophy can focus on some dull topics. Luckily, some thinkers have spent lots of time on the philosophy of sex
Grief never ends. There is no closure, but there are things we can do to mitigate the feeling of loss.
Einstein's laws of gravity have been challenged many times, but have always emerged victorious. Could wide binary stars change all that?
A company in England has made a test that picks out the compounds from breath that reveal if people have liver disease.
Meet the masterful con-men who impressed the great and the good despite the astonishing fiction of their very existence.
There may be unknown particles lurking inside the quantum foam.
The structure is fully developed in humans, partially developed in chimps, and completely absent in Old World monkeys.
Each of our three nearest stars might have an Earth-like planet in orbit around it. Here's what we'll learn when we finally observe it.
Now that the DSM lists severe hoarding as a disorder apart from OCD, psychologists are asking what explains its prevalence.
Almost all royal lines try to legitimize their rule with legendary origin stories. Here are five of the strangest examples.
Metaphors like the Great Chain of Being can lead people to misunderstand evolution and humanity’s place in the web of life.
Decades of Alzheimer's research might have missed a cellular culprit hiding in plain sight.
Is LK-99 truly a room temperature superconductor? These 4 tests, none of which have yet been passed, will separate fact from fiction.
The patron saint of calling BS, Harry Frankfurt, died watching his philosophy become more urgent than ever.
Pain relievers like acetaminophen and ibuprofen are made with chemicals derived from oil. Scientists have shown how to make them from trees.
Your heart rate reveals your brain activity, which in turn can predict hit songs — and maybe stock performance, as well.
In polarized times, our shared cellular origin can unite us in solidarity and awe — from the embryonic scale to the grandest cosmic perspective.