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The world isn’t ending! But we are likely at the beginning of a profound transformation.

Many atheists think of themselves as intellectually gifted individuals, guiding humanity on the path of reason. Scientific data shows otherwise.

Before Herbert came along and wrote Dune, few if any sci-fi stories were set in fully realized universes.

It’s a wild idea, but there’s a way to test it. No matter how far we look out in the Universe, there’s always more “Universe” to see. Even at the extreme […]

Most cities reeked of death, defecation, and industrial waste. Still, focusing only on stench means turning a blind eye (or nose) to the many other smells that helped shape human history.

Like Mars today, Venus used to be a sci-fi superstar. Recent discoveries could re-ignite our interest in Earth’s “evil twin.”

If the laws of physics are symmetrical as we think they are, then the Big Bang should have created matter and antimatter in the same amount.

Distinguishing fact from fiction can be tough, especially when it comes to people as controversial as Stalin. 

Why should we rely on scientific conclusions even though they cannot be proven? A new essay offers compelling reasons.

New anthropological research suggests our ancestors enjoyed long slumbers.

And is anyone protecting children’s data?

Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that use online ledgers, called blockchains, to record transactions. These blockchains are decentralized, meaning the permanent record is not stored in one location but exists on […]

This spring, a U.S. and Chinese team announced that it had successfully grown, for the first time, embryos that included both human and monkey cells.

An unprecedented number of new satellites threatens the night sky as we know it. Will we act in time to save it?

Nikolaas Tinbergen’s concept of “supernormal stimulus” explains why humans are attracted to a heightened version of reality.

The Kalam cosmological argument asserts that everything that exists has a cause, and what caused the Universe? It’s got to be God.

Its implications go well beyond the Earth itself, affecting even the future of space travel.

Three cutting-edge techniques – the gene-editing tool CRISPR, fluorescent proteins and optogenetics – were all inspired by nature.

In 2006, Pluto was demoted in a very controversial decision. Unless you ignore nearly all of planetary science, it’ll never be one again.

Uncovering the story of Milan Hausner, the Sadská clinic, and LSD psychotherapy behind the Iron Curtain.

In ancient Greece, the Olympics were never solely about the athletes themselves.

Writers, filmmakers, and mythologizing biographers tend to imagine innovation originates with a lone genius who has “the spark,” that light-bulb moment when the path from inspiration to world-altering invention reveals […]

Finland reveals that happiness is more about mindset than umbrella drinks and sun-warmed beaches.

Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.

The prize went to three researchers who revolutionized the social sciences by taking advantage of natural experiments.

The raw ingredients just weren’t there. Thankfully, their predecessors were. Here on Earth, our planet practically overflows with life. After more than 4 billion years, life has spread to practically […]

Despite all that we’ve learned about the Universe, there remain unanswered, and possibly unanswerable, questions. Could “God” be the answer?

The Russian writer’s scorn went beyond a difference in taste; Leo Tolstoy virulently hated everything Shakespeare had come to stand for.

If there really is another version of you out there in a parallel universe, what can that teach us about reality?

Are we enslaved by the finer things in life?