How to maximize wins and minimize losses, explained by four experts on game theory.

If it weren’t for the intricate rules of quantum physics, we wouldn’t have formed neutral atoms “only” ~380,000 years after the Big Bang.

What do you call it when the Earth shakes for three decades?

Here are the signs that you inherited “money anxiety” from your parents.

Simple physics makes hauling vast ice chunks thousands of miles fiendishly difficult — but not impossible.

It’s us.

NASA has finally chosen which flagship mission, like Hubble and JWST, will launch in ~2040. Detecting alien life is now a reachable goal.

This graph shows how badly German cities were hit by Allied bombing raids.

A Fermilab study confirms decades-old measurements regarding the size and structure of protons.

Alibaba has played a key role in China’s meteoric economic rise.

Take a closer look at the different types of reasoning you use every day.

19 years ago, the Bullet Cluster provided an empirical proof for dark matter. Even today, modified gravity still can’t explain it.

A new 20-year analysis of over 14,000 psychology studies finds that a study’s media coverage is negatively linked to its replicability.

While cities drive national economic growth, their political geography means they cannot effectively deal with inequality, poverty, and other socioeconomic problems.

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

Imagine going on a tour through the human circulatory system as a tiny cell. That is just one example of education in the metaverse.

In general relativity, white holes are just as mathematically plausible as black holes. Black holes are real; what about white holes?

Slimy biofilms made up of bacterial and eukaryotic life forms have taken over an abandoned, flooded uranium mine in Germany.

Air currents in our atmosphere limit the resolving power of giant telescopes, but computers and artificial stars can sharpen the blur.

Could the prevalence of flood myths around the world tell us something about early human migration or even the way our brains work?

We are traveling in a realm that once exclusively belonged to the gods. Space travel will force humanity to rethink everything.

The initial goal of AI was to create machines that think like humans. But that is not what happened at all.

No family is immune to money conflicts, no matter how much they love each other. Here’s what to look out for.

Forgetfulness isn’t always a “glitch” in our memories; it can be a tool to help us make sense of the present and plan for the future.

“We suffer more often in the imagination than in reality.”

Many people out there, including scientists, claim to have discovered a series of game-changing revolutions. Here’s why we don’t buy it.

Experiments tell us quantum entanglement defies space and time.

Lawmen and outlaws were often the same people.

Most philosophers merely contemplate the world, but what about the ones who actually tried to change it?

In a study involving mice, scientists used two different techniques — one optogenetic and one pharmacologic — to recover “lost” memories.