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It’s deceptively tricky to distinguish living systems from non-living systems. Physics may be key to solving the problem.

Out beyond Neptune are some fascinating bodies left over from our Solar System’s formation. Could one of them truly be spectacular?

For now, our Solar System’s eight planets are all safe, and relatively stable. Billions of years from now, everything will be different.

This map samples some of the digits that make up the DDC system, invented by the brilliant but flawed Melvil Dewey.

The structure of our Solar System has been known for centuries. When we finally started finding exoplanets, they surprised everyone.

Valles Marineris is the Solar System’s grandest canyon, many times longer, wider, and deeper than the Grand Canyon. What scarred Mars so?

Here in our Solar System, we only have one star: a singlet. For many systems, including the highest-mass ones, that’s anything but the norm.

Due to chaos, it was long thought that planets couldn’t stably orbit systems containing three stars. GW Orionis is the first counterexample.

A small Ohio town tried to escape America’s addiction to rectangular grids. It didn’t last long.

Finding life beyond our Solar System requires understanding its host planet.

Beef production is largely responsible for greenhouse gas emissions from the food system.

Functional complex systems arise from functional simple systems. Failing to heed this advice can and will lead to disaster.

From size to mass to density and more, each world in our Solar System is unique. When we compare them, the results are truly shocking.

From the coldest planets to spacecraft that have exited the Solar System, these little-known facts stump even many professional astronomers.

The carbon market and offsetting system have created “carbon cowboys” and perpetuated forms of neo-colonialism and other inequities.

The second law of thermodynamics is an inviolable law of reality. Here’s what everyone should know about closed, open, and isolated systems.

It temporarily puts the immune system on high alert to prevent MRSA, pneumonia, and other infections in the hospital.

New radiocarbon dating reveals astonishing insights.

Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist — Frederik Pferdt — lays out a map for navigating unprecedented change and innovation.

Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.

A new technique that can automatically classify phases of physical systems could help scientists investigate novel materials.

A National Center for Data and Evidence could supplement our archaic and expensive system and more accurately measure AI’s impact on jobs.

“We can build AI scientists that are better than we are… these systems can be superhuman,” says the FutureHouse co-founder.

The TRAPPIST-1 system is a treasure trove of possibilities and questions. Observations by JWST have just begun.

The road from Kant to modern cognitive psychology has taught us much about our mental filtering systems.

The expanding Universe, in many ways, is the ultimate out-of-equilibrium system. After enough time passes, will we eventually get there?

Hawking’s refusal to upgrade his communication system preserved a voice that became iconic, not just for its sound, but for the profound identity it conveyed.

The detection of two celestial interlopers careening through our solar system has scientists eagerly anticipating more.

Get ready for the most peculiar road trip that will help you understand the vastness and emptiness of the solar system — and Sweden.

“Part of what’s happening now in the world is tension between organic animals and an inorganic digital system which is increasingly controlling and shaping the entire world.”