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Predicting how emerging technologies will impact industry is more difficult than it seems—and it seems plenty difficult.  The reason is that we envision the future based on the present. We […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) has already changed the world. AI algorithms have been incorporated into everyday applications—such as social media, web mapping, facial recognition, and virtual home assistants—to make them more […]

One man studied apes for 50 years. He says nature isn’t as cruel as you think.

The gospels imply that Jesus became famous as much for his exorcisms as his ministry.

Harvard psychiatrist Robert Waldinger discusses how 80 years of ongoing research show relationships to be vital for health and happiness.

We frequently say it’s 2.725 K: from the light left over all the way from the Big Bang. But that’s not all that’s in the Universe.

Scott Dikkers discusses comedy, the creative process, and life lessons learned playing peekaboo.

At all distances, the Universe expands along our line-of-sight. But we can’t measure side-to-side motions; could it be rotating as well?

Since the time of Galileo, Saturn’s rings have remained an unexplained mystery. A new idea may have finally solved the longstanding puzzle.

From “mutilated males” to “wandering wombs,” dodgy science affects how we view the female body still today.

The famous social robot is about to start rolling off the assembly line.

From Brahms to Tchaikovsky, here’s a curated list of composers whose music has shaped the classical canon.

The Universe certainly formed stars, at one point, for the very first time. But we haven’t found them yet. Here’s what everyone should know.

How we handle grief largely depends on our worldview. Here is how three famous philosophers handled the certainty of grief and despair.

Scientists across a range of disciplines have helped solve Darwin’s dilemma.

Portraiture is one of the most intimate genres in all of painting, and it has reinvented itself many times across European history.

There are two fundamentally different ways of measuring the Universe’s expansion. They disagree. “Early dark energy” might save us.

There were at least four major climate catastrophes that reshaped global religion. It could be happening again.

A five-year-old reading a picture book in her pillow fort. A college student and his friends at the midnight matinee. A ninety-year-old watching her soaps. What do they have in […]

Are the stellar remnants in our cosmic backyard actually our parents and grandparents?

You’ve spent almost a decade gaining extremely specialized skills. But that’s ok; your value is greater than you realize.

There will always be “wolf-criers” whose claims wither under scrutiny. But aliens are certainly out there, if science dares to find them.

As the first Friedmann equation celebrates its 99th anniversary, it remains the one equation to describe our entire universe.

The Standard Model may or may not be in trouble, but particle physics definitely needs saving. Here’s what the new LHC can do.

This biochemist is determined to create a new life form by reversing the shape of molecules.

Hybrid working, robot fast food workers, and the rapid acceleration of NFTs are just the beginning.

Our temporal experience of the world is not divided into a series of neat segments, yet that’s how we talk about time.

Ages 30 to 45 are now “the rush hour of life.”

The majority of countries are democracies. But how many people enjoy democratic rights?

Even tyrants and despots offer wisdom worth heeding.