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Even the most brilliant mind in history couldn’t have achieved all he did without significant help from the minds of others.

A volley of new insights reignites the debate over whether our choices are ever truly our own.

Successful romantic relationships require desire, but that desire doesn’t have to be sexual.

Learning styles are supposed to help learners take ownership of their education, but research doesn’t back up this well-intentioned myth.

Since its observation discovery in the 1990s, dark energy has been one of science’s biggest mysteries. Could black holes be the cause?

Dark matter has never been directly detected, but the astronomical evidence for its existence is overwhelming. Here’s what to know.

It may depend on whether you’re an “easily empathetically embarrassed” person.

Searching for dark matter, the XENON collaboration found absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. Here’s why that’s an extraordinary feat.

It’s not for climate science and condensed matter physics. It’s for advancing our understanding beyond spherical cows.

Humans seemingly have opposing desires to fit in and to be unique. The interplay between these might drive the evolution of fads.

The puzzle of play The purpose of play — for children, monkeys, rats or meerkats — has proved surprisingly hard to pin down. Scientists continue to toss around ideas.

Historically, periods of mass flourishing are underpinned by technological revolutions. Currently, we are undergoing a technological revolution unlike anything the world has ever seen.

The Russian mindset is characterized by cynicism and distrust.

Many people out there, including scientists, claim to have discovered a series of game-changing revolutions. Here’s why we don’t buy it.

Suppose that fetuses are persons. Since pregnant people are too, how should conflicts between them be settled?

Singularities frustrate our understanding. But behind every singularity in physics hides a secret door to a new understanding of the world.

Just 13.8 billion years after the hot Big Bang, we can see 46.1 billion light-years away in all directions. Doesn’t that violate…something?

Earth is the Solar System’s only known inhabited planet. Could Venus, if its phosphine signal is real, be our second world with life?

The Universe is supposed to be the same everywhere and in all directions. So what’s that giant “cold spot” doing out there?

Are you unhappy with how various events in your life turned out? Perhaps, in a parallel Universe, things worked out very differently.

As particles travel through the Universe, there’s a speed limit to how fast they’re allowed to go. No, not the speed of light: below it.

Fulfillment at work isn’t about finding your passion; it’s about cultivating the relationships that create a sense of belonging.

Shortly after planet Earth formed, life took a permanent hold on our surface. But just how common is such an outcome?

To preserve biodiversity and ecosystems, protected areas should be connected into a gigantic World Park.

Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.

A wild, compelling idea without a direct, practical test, the Multiverse is highly controversial. But its supporting pillars sure are stable.

There are a few clues that the Universe isn’t completely adding up. Even so, the standard model of cosmology holds up stronger than ever.

When you don’t have enough clues to bring your detective story to a close, you should expect that your educated guesses will all be wrong.

There is much more to the Kama Sutra than just sex. It’s a guide to anyone wanting more pleasure in life, however they take it.

Marcus Tullius Cicero is widely regarded as one of the most gifted orators in human history. His writings can teach us a lot about the lost art of public speaking.