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These prices are too good to pass up on.

These initially sympathetic characters take readers down a dark path.

Humanity can avoid catastrophe — if we look beyond our blinkered present.

The primary causes of global climate change are all due to human activity. Adding aerosols to our atmosphere only exacerbates the problem.

With LEDs bringing brighter nighttime lighting than ever before, and thousands of new satellites polluting the skies, astronomy needs help.

The long-standing debate over whether dinosaurs were more like birds or lizards is drawing to a close.

Anti-human business practices deteriorate their charges, and there’s perhaps no greater warning of this end result than the life of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel. Nobel invented dynamite in 1867 with […]

It is wrong to think that these three statements contradict each other. We need to see that they are all true to see that a better world is possible.

In our Universe, all stable atomic nuclei have protons in them; there’s no stable “neutronium” at all. But what’s the reason why?

In all the Universe, only a few particles are eternally stable. The photon, the quantum of light, has an infinite lifetime. Or does it?

New research finds that dinosaurs were already adapted to living in cold climates before the end-Triassic mass extinction. But how?

Sixty years ago, the Soviet Union was way ahead of the USA in the space race. Then one critical event changed everything.

Resilience training can be instrumental in helping employees recover from difficulties and embrace change in the workplace.

Evolution repeatedly hit upon this solution simply because it works.

Next time you listen to scary campfire stories, sit with a friend who has aphantasia.

Every year, scientists like George Church get better at editing the genomes of human beings. But will genome editing help or hurt us?

We might be dining on insect-based Christmas pies with robot-harvested algae on the side.

We cannot afford to dream about living on other worlds while we continue to destroy ours.

A 2020 study revived a longstanding controversy over Christopher Columbus’ claims of marauding cannibals in the Caribbean.

The first observational evidence showing the Universe is expanding is 100 years old now: in 2023. Here’s the story of its 100th anniversary.

Blended learning reflects how people learn and develop naturally every day. Here’s how to put it into practice.

In 1974, Hawking showed that black holes aren’t stable, but emit radiation and decay. Nearly 50 years later, it isn’t just for black holes.

Diversity training is easy to get wrong. Here’s how to build an effective program. 

We are tearing ourselves apart over gender issues, with the result that the problems of boys and men are left untreated.

Uploading your mind is not a pathway to immortality. Instead, it will create a possibly hostile digital doppelgänger.

The results of a recent study suggest that some clinicians might be failing to explore other causes when treating gender dysphoria.

The truth is out there.

We’re overthinking being nice.

It’s better to pursue moral actions instead of the ephemeral state of happiness, according to the philosopher Immanuel Kant.

Bears, chimps, or humans? A track of five poorly preserved footsteps at Laetoli has puzzled paleontologists for decades. Now, a research paper from Nature claims to have solved the mystery.