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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.

The miniaturization of particle accelerators could disrupt medical science.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Our understanding always will remain incomplete.

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

Did fire change the development of the human brain?

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Science cannot be isolated from culture.

It might seem like science and faith are at war, but the two have a historical synergy that extends back in time for centuries.