You can’t farm spiders — but putting spider genes into silkworms works even better.

Between the least massive star and most massive planet lies the mysterious brown dwarf: a class of objects that are neither star nor planet.

Goalkeepers have an enhanced ability to integrate auditory and visual information compared to other players.

If the “self” is not real, then we are slaves to a billiard ball universe, trapped in a nihilistic nightmare in which we cannot change our fate.

In war zones, aggressors steal art to eradicate the cultural heritage of others. Victims, meanwhile, sell stolen art in order to survive.

Clear communication is good for business and life — but compelling communication can take you to another level.

From the Big Bang to black holes, singularities are hard to avoid. The math definitely predicts them, but are they truly, physically real?

Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein are locked in an eternal battle over the nature of gravity. Whose side are you on?

Long thought a pipe dream, scientists have discovered a drug that mimics the effects of exercise.

If you give yourself and others space to tinker and experiment, then you might create something incredible. Here’s how to do it well.

From unexplained tracks in a balloon-borne experiment to cosmic rays on Earth, the unstable muon was particle physics’ biggest surprise.

You are much more likely to die in a car crash than from terrorism. Yet, philosopher Eran Fish says fearing terrorism more is justified.

So many of the conditions for a sale or IPO are outside your control — which is why preparation is everything.

The flavor is “simultaneously fascinating and… abusive.”

In the largest star-forming region close to Earth, JWST found hundreds of planetary-mass objects. How do these free-floating planets form?

Only about 10% of patients survive cardiac arrest. Of the ones who do, many have amazing stories to tell.

AI-powered voice technology is poised to revolutionize the ways we do business.

Traditionally, the long history of Japanese thought has not been viewed as “philosophy” — even by Japanese scholars. It’s time for a rethink.

The Persian Constitutional Revolution made unlikely allies and enemies of missionaries, ayatollahs, the shah, and his Russian ambassadors. Its legacy shaped modern-day Iran.

Can AI and animals coexist? Philosopher Peter Singer gives us a nuanced take on the issue.

2023’s Nobel Prize was awarded for studying physics on tiny, attosecond-level timescales. Too bad that particle physics happens even faster.

If you find yourself on one of these roads, it might be a while before you see another fellow traveler.

Dive into five philosophical schools that have faded into obscurity but still whisper through the ages.

How Stacy Madison — founder of Stacy’s Pita Chips and BeBOLD Foods — discovered that reinvention is not a one-off deal but an ongoing process.

In ancient Rome, collective bathing was the norm. In the West today, it’s the exception — and that’s too bad.

With so many early galaxies of unexpectedly large brightnesses, JWST surprised us all. Here’s how scientists made sense of what we see.

Every astrobiologist wants to find an alien. But the public should be skeptical when the “aliens” look like tiny humans.

Artificial general intelligence will not arise in systems that only passively receive data. They need to be able to act back on the world.

The potential benefits of returning the thylacine to Australia make the project worth the effort.

The question of why the Universe is the way it is is an ancient one, and none of the answers we have come up with are satisfying.