They’re the most common type of exoplanet known today, and many astronomers have called them “super-habitable.” None of that is true.

The discovery has enormous implications for the development of novel anti-anxiety medications.

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

As the stream of AI-generated art turns into a deluge, NFTs could become a cornerstone of the Virtual Renaissance.

Mars, the red planet, was a world we knew almost nothing about until our first spacecraft visited it. In just ~50 years, how far we’ve come!

Rapamycin is potentially the most powerful anti-aging drug ever discovered. However, due to its unlucky history, few know of it.

In the spirit of the 1969 moon landing, we now have a golden opportunity to pursue “nondisruptive” creative solutions.

Thinking about the problem of meaning is unsettling because it introduces us to a list of solutions that all feel a bit insane.

I think, therefore I am (rich).

About six million years ago, the Mediterranean was sealed off from the Atlantic, and over centuries it ran dry. One megaflood reversed that.

Before there were planets, stars, and galaxies, before even neutral atoms or stable protons, there was the Big Bang. How did we prove it?

The standard model of cosmology has a big new problem: Some galaxies seem to be too old.

You’ve probably noticed that most retailers use prices ending in 99. That’s intentional.

Reading classic books can inform you as much about the present as the past.

This oddball system of three stars might be our best chance at finding nearby life in the Universe.

Einstein’s relativity overthrew the notion of absolute space and time, replacing them with a spacetime fabric. But is spacetime truly real?

What began as an annoyance ended as a Nobel Prize-winning discovery about the Big Bang and the origin of the Universe.

Many planets will eventually be devoured by their parent star. For the first time, we caught a star in the act, eating its innermost planet!

Wealthier in resources; poorer in time.

The deep-thinking oddballs of West Coast cycle racing valued mid-ride marijuana over sports science.

The average age of cannabis users is increasing. Weed may fall out of fashion before it becomes legal everywhere.

Nobody knows where the word “penguin” comes from.

To protect yourself, you need an antifungal rather than an amulet.

Piano Sonata No. 23 offers a window into the way culture became an instrument of Soviet state policy.

The conservation of energy is one of the most fundamental laws governing our reality. But in the expanding Universe, that’s just not true.

Wind farms seem less productive when scientists incorporate more realistic atmospheric models into their output predictions.

Not every classic enjoyed rave reviews from the start.

It’s not about fairness. It’s about using every possible advantage.

These high-mass, rapidly star-forming galaxies have called modern cosmology into question. But hi-res simulations show no tension at all.