Long-term research efforts have revealed alarming mental health trends.
Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.
Climate and ecological changes, as well as disruptions to the food chain, were already killing off the dinosaurs.
You know that ghostly feeling that someone is nearby even though nobody is? It could be a trick of neural timing.
The next solar eclipse to occur over heavily populated areas is on April 8, 2024. For a spectacular show; here’s where the best views are!
A new AI lie detector can dive into their hidden thoughts and reveal “what language models truly believe about the world.”
Nevada has the fewest number of native-born citizens.
The study was small and didn’t include a placebo group, but there is reason to believe that the drugs really do work.
The ability to decode acoustic information from brain activity aids the development of brain-computer interfaces that restore communication in patients who suffer paralysis.
Tasting sounds and hearing colors.
Considering the perspectives of others has important benefits for individuals and for society. There is one easy way to do it.
A new study provides the most detailed look at brains on psychedelics to date.
Humanity can avoid catastrophe — if we look beyond our blinkered present.
Americans without friends have increased 400% in recent years. Here’s why.
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Our huge, expanding Universe may truly be infinite. But if the set of possible quantum outcomes is also infinite, which “infinity” wins?
The multiverse is an idea that has gained a lot of traction in popular culture. But what does science have to say about it?
The story of China is the story of global economics.
In order to figure out how English might evolve in the future, we have to look at how it has changed in the near and distant past.
With a finite 13.8 billion years having passed since the Big Bang, there’s an edge to what we can see: the cosmic horizon. What’s it like?
If the evolution of the Universe is a movie, what happens when we rewind it all the way backward?
Beer’s flavor begins to change as soon as it is packaged. Are cans or bottles better at preserving flavor?
How to make money in business, with $100-million Salesforce pioneer Aaron Ross.
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Steam cars hit the U.S. market in the 1890s but were largely extinct by the 1930s. Will technology bring them back?
Gamma-ray bursts are among the most energetic cosmic events of all. On October 9, 2022, a remarkable one occurred: the brightest ever seen.
We bring multifaceted selves to our interactions, and in these interactions co-create each other again and again.
Always look on the bright side of death.
“It doesn’t erase what happened to you. It just changes the impact it has on your life.”
The utilitarian “greatest happiness principle” has remained popular for two centuries — is it time for a rethink?
That scary swirling void from which nothing can escape is our perfect universal translation tool.
Many galaxies really are ultra-distant, but some are just intrinsically red or dusty. Only with spectroscopy can JWST tell which is which.