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.

The smartest person in the world was Isaac Newton, a true polymath whose brilliance never has been, nor ever will be, surpassed.

The philosophy of sex is going through a recalibration period.

The world’s “most produced living playwright” wins out over other contestants, including Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood.

With such a vast Universe and raw ingredients that seem to be everywhere, could it really be possible that humanity is truly alone?

The perfectly accessible, perfectly knowable Universe of classical physics is gone forever, no matter what interpretation you choose.

If you want to achieve new goals, harness your brain’s ability to change chemically, structurally, and functionally.

Undeterred by years of failure, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman proved that mRNA is the future of vaccines.