More humans are being born with a third arm artery, an example of microevolution happening right before our eyes.

Rituals come as much from religion as they do from the way Earth spins around the Sun.

Even though the leftover glow from the Big Bang creates a bath of radiation at only 2.725 K, some places in the Universe get even colder.

From Amazon to the US Army, everybody wants one (or 150).

We live in a four-dimensional Universe, where matter and energy curve the fabric of spacetime. But time sure is different from space!

NicoBoard is an app that helps parents make sense of a frightening time.

Where do you place precious brain resources?

There’s a speed limit to the Universe: the speed of light in a vacuum. Want to beat the speed of light? Try going through a medium!

Deliveries of the $250k Lightyear 0 will start in November 2022.

Even at its faintest, Venus always outshines every other star and planet that’s visible from Earth, and then some!

Cement production currently accounts for 8% of global carbon emissions.

People in the East and West really do think differently, especially when it comes to self-identity. Depending where you live, either associative or distinctive thinking will shape your sense of self.

Take a peek at the pre-release images used to calibrate and commission JWST’s coldest instrument, now ready for full science operations.

A team of scientists hopes deep-earth lithium could sustain America’s vast demand for batteries. But extracting it won’t be easy.

The length of a day oscillates slightly every six years. This was a surprising discovery made last decade. We might now know why.

Deep learning AI has accurately created color images from night vision images.

Scientists have found three new examples of a very exotic form of matter made of quarks. They can yield insights into the early Universe.

The psychology of alien contact largely revolves around the concept of “otherness.” We need to learn to be comfortable around strange things.

In the philosophy of Star Wars, the Sith are evil because they surrender to passion. But is a life of total rationality a “good” life?

Is “The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch a condemnation of sin or a celebration of hedonism? Art historians still aren’t sure.

Mammals have a history stretching back 325 million years. To study that ancient history is to know our own origins.

It started with a bang, but won’t end with one. Instead, it will “rage against the dying of the light” like nothing you’ve ever imagined.

“Politics is weird. It’s the only business in the world in which you take a really, really important position, and you give it to someone with no qualifications.” —Tony Blair

Like humans, stars die. The James Webb Space Telescope’s early images already give us a lot of information about how this happens.

The fictitious 31st-century world portrayed by the series is actually quite a bit like our own in the 21st century.

Even with only 12.5 hours of exposure time, James Webb’s first deep-field image taught us lessons we’ve never realized before.

Astronomy’s roots rest in the very origins of humanity. We have always looked to the skies for answers. We are starting to get them.

“This is much deeper than just ‘let’s figure out how we can get both sides to get along.’”

In a world where we assume people tell the truth, liars prosper. To stop them from exploiting others, here are three rules to catch a liar.

In the early 1900s, some Americans feared that teddy bears would not instill maternal instincts in girls, thereby causing “race suicide.”