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If you can identify a foreground star, the spike patterns are a dead giveaway as to whether it’s a JWST image or any other observatory.

The world is facing many crises, and we should look to natural interdependence and ancient wisdom as we explore science for solutions.

A cute mathematical trick can “rescale” the Universe so that it isn’t actually expanding. But can that “trick” survive all our cosmic tests?

The Universe is precisely dated at 13.8 billion years old, but astronomers claim the Methuselah star is 14.5 billion years old. What gives?

Learning to decode complex communication on Earth may give us a leg up if intelligent life from space makes contact.

Forget AI. Gene editing is still our most powerful — and dangerous — technology.

In history, every major technological advance has been used, for good and bad.

Particles behave differently when freed from the force of gravity. A new space factory aims to use this to synthesize pharmaceuticals.

Perhaps we should be searching for “other Mercurys” rather than “other Earths.”

The Multiverse fuels some of the 21st century’s best fiction stories. But its supporting pillars are on extremely stable scientific footing.

In hospice care and hospitals, we prioritize those with more life to live over those who are terminally ill. What is that, if not prejudice?

Environmental progress is happening quickly but we must keep pushing for change.

A new study shows that the Bernardinelli-Bernstein Comet is much larger than previously thought — potentially the largest ever spotted.

Since the time of Galileo, Saturn’s rings have remained an unexplained mystery. A new idea may have finally solved the longstanding puzzle.

Figuring out the answer involved a prism, a pail of water, and a 50 year effort by the most famous father-son astronomer duo ever.

It’s called DragonFire.

“Feedback is a gift,” is an easy bumper sticker to apply, but a harder philosophy to put into execution in your real life.

Driven by a childhood marked by war and environmental devastation, Dyhia Belhabib developed an innovative technology to combat illegal fishing.

No matter how you define the end, including the demise of humanity, all life, or even the planet itself, our ultimate destruction awaits.

Can laboratories become more humane, or is it time to end animal research altogether?

Looking at our planet with post-Copernican eyes has the power to change how we relate to it and each other.

Science has opened so many doors to humanity’s understanding of the world. Scientism shuts them. Here’s how to tell the difference.

While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.

The US needs 28 million EV chargers by 2030. Here’s how it can get there.

Intentions tend to get mangled by overreach in every complex organization — so dial up the charisma and the clarity.

A productivity expert explains how you can be creative and a powerhouse of productivity.

“A modern five-day forecast is as accurate as a one-day forecast in 1980.”

Brain activity may be more like “ripples in a pond” rather than signals sent on a telecommunications network.

The writer’s tragic death at age 46 has led many to view him as a tortured artist. Here’s why this label is reductive.

A spherical structure nearly one billion light-years wide has been spotted in the nearby Universe, dating all the way back to the Big Bang.