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Wealth concentration among elites was common in ancient nations, but the scale on which it took place in Egypt’s 18th Dynasty was unprecedented.

How drugs, demons, and the search for immortality gave us words we use everyday.

Rare structures and artifacts of the Viking religion practiced centuries prior to Christianity’s introduction have been uncovered by archaeologists in Norway, including a “god house.”

Why does dark matter, if it doesn’t dissipate energy, become gravitationally bound at all? One of the most puzzling components of the Universe has to be dark matter. Although we have […]

One hypothesis says that sleep helps “clean” the brain of damaged molecules and toxic proteins.

The cause of the recent uptick in radiation is unknown, but speculation about another catastrophe at Chernobyl is hyperbolic.

An incredible composite image of Pandora’s Cluster, Abell 2744, simultaneously showcases both our impressive knowledge and vast ignorance.

Researchers dramatically improve the accuracy of a number that connects fundamental forces.

The Universe is grand, awe-inspiring, and greater than we likely imagine. Even astrophysicists get anxious thinking about it, but we cope.

Two types of nanotechnology, metalenses and metamaterials, could soon make Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak a reality.

Professional astronomy images are the gold standard. But this Large Magellanic Cloud composite is the amateur community’s best image ever.

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

If it weren’t for the intricate rules of quantum physics, we wouldn’t have formed neutral atoms “only” ~380,000 years after the Big Bang.

In the expanding Universe, different ways of measuring its rate give incompatible answers. Nobel Laureate Adam Riess explains what it means.

In a world of rising cynicism, a celebration of our capacity to create, adapt, and thrive.

The most common element in the Universe, vital for forming new stars, is hydrogen. But there’s a finite amount of it; what if we run out?

Strange underwater icicles form in the Earth’s coldest regions and freeze living organisms in place.

We’ve found our first ones! The question is: how did they survive? Over the past 2 years, an exciting development has finally arisen: scientists have measured a large number of small, […]

From surviving on wild plants and game to controlling our world with technology, humanity’s journey of progress is a story of expanding human agency.

I also can’t conjure sounds, smells, or any other kind of sensory stimulation inside my head. This is called “aphantasia.”

The Human Genome Project put together 92% of our DNA blueprint. Here’s what it took to complete the rest.

Forgetting and misremembering are the building blocks of creativity and imagination.

Climate change and artificial intelligence pose substantial — and possibly existential — problems for humanity to solve. Can we?

With change management training, learning and development leaders can help their talent avoid the common pitfalls that stall transformation. 

A mineral made in a Kamchatka volcano may hold the answer to cheaper batteries, find scientists.

A program in Brazil both helped and harmed. What can we learn from it?

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

Creating an afterlife—or a simulation of one—would take vast amounts of energy. Some scientists think the best way to capture that energy is by building megastructures around stars.

Once merely a theoretical curiosity, they might be the key to understanding so much more. Out of all of the known particles — both fundamental and composite — there are a whole slew of properties […]

Neuroplasticity is a major driver of learning and memory in humans.