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Alchemy had its golden age in the 17th century, when it counted Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle among its adherents.

Many have argued that morals are relative, but Russia’s war crimes reveal the hollowness of that belief. Morality is universal and objective.

When you imitate the speech of others, there’s a thin line between whether it’s a social asset or faux pas.

The meaning of the cryptic text has eluded scholars for centuries. Their latest efforts include computational analyses seeking new insights into the medieval enigma.

Take a hint from Einstein and Mozart — unplug and make peace with some degree of failure.

Psychedelics mess with our prior beliefs, and could help us see what forms these beliefs in the first place.

The emergence of life in the universe is as certain as the emergence of matter, gravity, and the stars. Life is the universe developing a memory, and our chemical detection system could find it.

Can quantum computers do things that standard, classical computers can’t? No. But if they can calculate faster, that’s quantum supremacy.

To what extent will our psychological vulnerabilities shape our interactions with emerging technologies?

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?

How efficiently could quantum engines operate?

SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in humans in 2019. Despite much noise generated by lab leak proponents, the evidence indicates a natural origin.

Moral panics about the content of children’s cartoons and other forms of entertainment have a long history.

AI is helping us replace petrochemicals with natural enzymes.

We do not need to pause AI research. But we do need a pause on the public release of these tools until we can determine how to deal with them.

Back to the drawing board.

Being bilingual benefits children as they learn to speak — and adults as they age.

Gods and angels have been replaced with hi-tech extraterrestrials.

American students are being compelled to specialize earlier and earlier. Here’s what it takes to build a successful physics foundation.

If you think you know what sex, gender, and “the right thing to do” for trans youth and adults are, be sure it agrees with actual science.

The ten greatest ideas in science form the bedrock of modern biology, chemistry, and physics. Everyone should be familiar with them.

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.

It’s possible to measure philosophy’s progress in two ways. But is that really the point?

Until robots understand jokes and sarcasm, artificial general intelligence will remain in the realm of science fiction.

Virtual instructor-led training is easily scalable and convenient for remote learners. Here’s how to orchestrate it effectively.

Brands like BMW, Walmart, and IBM are seeing big wins from the use of gamification in corporate training. Here’s how.

A new book envisions an encounter of minds between the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, the physicist Werner Heisenberg, and the philosopher Immanuel Kant.

Probably not. Even though we’re still investigating the origin of life, the evidence suggests that cells came much later.

“She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”

Research suggests that emotional intelligence is more vital for success than IQ.