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On November 25, U.N. members will meet in South Korea to cap off a series of meetings aiming to reduce global plastic pollution.

Meet your new flying nightmare: Thapunngaka shawi.

The asteroid is expected to come within 140,000 miles of Earth — well inside the moon’s orbit.

Objective reality exists, but what can you know about it that isn’t subjective. According to some neuroscientists, not much.

The miniaturization of particle accelerators could disrupt medical science.

Far from being a “dead” pursuit that focuses on old ideas, modern philosophy proposes and debates important, new concepts. All of us can learn from it.

Thinkers like Richard Reeves, Louise Perry, and Judith Butler discuss parenthood and the future of the sexual revolution.

There are three kinds of memory that all work together to shape your reality. Neuroscientist André Fenton explains.

It is easy to mock Nobel Laureates who go astray, but eccentricity often accompanies brilliance. We should have some sympathy.

Gods and angels have been replaced with hi-tech extraterrestrials.

Most patients with cancer die from metastasis. Stopping it would be a major advance in cancer therapy.

The Fermi paradox (along with the subsequent Drake equation) is so difficult that even brilliant thinkers can make little dent in it.

He was also a eugenicist — but at least he could draw pretty pictures.

Psychedelics are going mainstream. Here’s your reading list.

Does it have a deeper significance — or is it just a number?

Instead of giving the 239 suffering families and the public a true story, Netflix exploited a horrifying tragedy to push conspiracy theories.

Our understanding always will remain incomplete.

The quantum world — and its inherent uncertainty — defies our ability to describe it in words.

This graph shows how badly German cities were hit by Allied bombing raids.

Nanofabricators could quickly synthesize whatever we need, molecule by molecule.

Did fire change the development of the human brain?

Heart muscle is shaped like a spiral, a mystery that has eluded scientists since 1669. New research has recreated the structure.

NASA was dangerously cavalier about the dangers of the shuttle launches.

From time-traveling billiard balls to information-destroying black holes, the world’s got plenty of puzzles that are hard to wrap your head around.

Long assumed to be a devoted vegetarian, ancient sloths were fine with some meat.

Junk food causes weight gain, but it’s not just about the calories.

The James Webb Space Telescope finally could answer the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universe.

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

Graphical user interfaces are how most of us interact with computers, from iPhones to laptops. But they were once condemned as making students lazy and destroying the art of writing.

The Industrial Revolution changed music forever, thanks to a combination of technological advances and clever entrepreneurs.