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When it comes to behavior, genetics may play a larger role than you think.

Man seeking meaningful relationship at the intersection of on-demand empathy and Rule 34.

Nostalgia is a happy remembrance of the past, yet it also leaves us feeling sad. Perhaps ironically, it can serve as a painkiller.

Safety through technology is no bad thing—Nietzsche himself sought doctors and medicines throughout his life—but it can become pathological.

The laws of physics state that you can’t create or destroy matter without also creating or destroying an equal amount of antimatter. So how are we here?

The strangest thing about trying to predict the future is that our only clues lie in the past.

Mindfulness, detachment, selecting off-time activities with care: Here are evidence-based strategies to achieve healthy work-life balance.

Take a trip through these master-crafted fantasy societies and ask yourself: Could I actually live there?

Research shows that spending more time on social media is associated with body image issues in boys and young men.

If you want to understand what the Universe is, how it began, evolved, and will eventually end, astrophysics is the only way to go.

“The pulsar sort of consumes the thing that recycled it, just as the spider eats its mate.”

Empty, intergalactic space is just 2.725 K: not even three degrees above absolute zero. But the Boomerang Nebula is even colder.

From before the Big Bang to the present day, the Universe goes through many eras. Dark energy heralds the final one.

U.S. nuclear power plants are built to survive external attacks. Even missiles or a commercial aircraft strike would not cause a meltdown or radiation leak.

Inequality should be measured in terms of the time it takes for us to earn the money to buy the things we need. And everyone is getting wealthier.

Hoarders know their habits are abnormal, and yet they cannot help themselves. Maybe you can help them.

Gradualism rejects the idea of a “bright line” in the abortion debate.

Scientists put the most mysterious force in the Universe to the ultimate test. When it comes to the Universe, it’s easy to make the incorrect assumption that what we see is […]

After more than two decades of precision measurements, we’ve now reached the “gold standard” for how the pieces don’t fit.

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

People who visit Florence seem strangely susceptible to Stendhal syndrome, which is blamed on an overwhelming sense of awe.

In the 20th century, many options abounded as to our cosmic origins. Today, only the Big Bang survives, thanks to this critical evidence.

Popular media often frame scientists as having a cold, sterile view of the world. That couldn’t be further from the truth.

Has all this happened before, and will all this happen once again? There are only a few questions, when we ask them, that force us to reckon with the fundamental nature […]

At a fundamental level, nobody knows whether gravity is truly quantum in nature. A novel experiment strongly hints that it is.

Impressive but deadly physics underlie catastrophic eruptions.

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

We’ve only seen Uranus up close once: from Voyager 2, back in 1986. The next time we do it, its features will look entirely different.

Women have made incredible gains into STEM fields, but they continue to face gender biases in the workplace.

If dark energy gets stronger with time, our fate could be an utter catastrophe. When it comes to the entire Universe, one of the biggest existential questions we’re capable of […]