There were at least four major climate catastrophes that reshaped global religion. It could be happening again.
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All life forms, anywhere in our Universe, are chemically connected yet completely unique.
How we handle grief largely depends on our worldview. Here is how three famous philosophers handled the certainty of grief and despair.
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 […]
The last 70 years have taken us farther than the previous 70,000. But can we accomplish more than creating a record saying, “We were here?”
In general relativity, white holes are just as mathematically plausible as black holes. Black holes are real; what about white holes?
Portraiture is one of the most intimate genres in all of painting, and it has reinvented itself many times across European history.
From Brahms to Tchaikovsky, here’s a curated list of composers whose music has shaped the classical canon.
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.
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?
Are the stellar remnants in our cosmic backyard actually our parents and grandparents?
Even tyrants and despots offer wisdom worth heeding.
There are two fundamentally different ways of measuring the Universe’s expansion. They disagree. “Early dark energy” might save us.
Scientists across a range of disciplines have helped solve Darwin’s dilemma.
As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “If you want to test a man’s character, give him power and a plate of cookies.” (Something like that.)
Since the time of Galileo, Saturn’s rings have remained an unexplained mystery. A new idea may have finally solved the longstanding puzzle.
Recent claims put LK-99 as the first room temperature, ambient pressure superconductor ever. Has the game changed, or is it merely hype?
Back in 1990, we hadn’t discovered a single planet outside of our Solar System. Here are 10 facts that would’ve surprised every astronomer.
As the first Friedmann equation celebrates its 99th anniversary, it remains the one equation to describe our entire universe.
Harvard psychiatrist Robert Waldinger discusses how 80 years of ongoing research show relationships to be vital for health and happiness.
Earth is actively broadcasting and actively searching for intelligent civilizations. But could our technology even detect ourselves?
Our temporal experience of the world is not divided into a series of neat segments, yet that’s how we talk about time.
“She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”
There’s no telling whether machine-learned common sense is five years away, or 50.
If we succeed in contacting them, will that seal humanity’s doom? One of the most wondrous questions of all concerns our place in the Universe. After 13.8 billion years of […]
Virtual tourism has thus far been a futuristic dream, but a world shaped by Covid-19 may be ready to accept it.
Companies can identify you from your music preferences, as well as influence and profit from your behavior.
Hybrid working, robot fast food workers, and the rapid acceleration of NFTs are just the beginning.
Many contrarians dispute that cosmic inflation occurred. The evidence says otherwise.
The majority of countries are democracies. But how many people enjoy democratic rights?