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Sound may be an overlooked tool for boosting well-being.

The Serenity Prayer is nice — until the missiles come raining down on your city.

So far, Earth is the only planet that we’re certain possesses active life processes. Here’s what we shouldn’t assume about life elsewhere.

Although early Earth was a molten hellscape, once it cooled, life arose almost immediately. That original chain of life remains unbroken.

Analog could serve as “always-on” computing, while digital is turned on only when necessary.

A surprising JWST discovery around Fomalhaut has a different, superior explanation: not a great dust cloud, but a mere background object.

The answer to the age-old philosophical question of whether there is meaning in the Universe may ultimately rest upon the power of information.

All the stars, stellar corpses, planets, and other large, massive objects take on spherical or spheroidal shapes. Why is that universal?

As recently as 1990, we didn’t know of any planets beyond our Solar System. Today, with 5000+, we’re deep into the weeds of how they form.

Like Mars today, Venus used to be a sci-fi superstar. Recent discoveries could re-ignite our interest in Earth’s “evil twin.”

Why we keep giving power to the wrong people, according to political scientist and associate professor Brian Klaas.

According to the legendary investor, the best method is a blueprint for “extreme success.”

IBM veteran Daniel Sabbah learned from experience how to lead through the challenges of demand and innovation.

AI systems can carry on convincing conversations, but they have no understanding of what they’re saying. Humans are easily fooled.

Growing evidence suggests a link between the debilitating neurological illness and the microbes that live in our intestines. The vagus nerve may be a pathway.

Automation could help fix the company’s financial troubles.

The new electrically conductive substrate could be the future of hydroponic farming.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

The cosmic scales governing the Universe are almost unbelievably large. What if we shrunk the Sun down to be just a grain of sand?

“I hope we take a mindset where we are willing to look for weird life in weird places.”

Individuals and organizations can maintain a strong and enduring identity by repeatedly remaking themselves.

One of Jetoptera’s VTOLs is expected to reach speeds of around 614 mph, about as fast as a commercial jet airliner.

Our minds seem both physical and intangible. That paradox has gripped this neuroscientist since childhood.

Ever wonder what would happen if we got sucked into a black hole? Turns out we could live in it for a while — if it was big enough.

Chemical changes inside Mars’ core caused it to lose its magnetic field. This, in turn, caused it to lose its oceans. But how?

Catastrophes are difficult to predict because they are so rare. But AI using active learning can make predictions from very small data sets.

The emergence of life in the universe is as certain as the emergence of matter, gravity, and the stars. Life is the universe developing a memory, and our chemical detection system could find it.

The laws of physics don’t prefer matter over antimatter. So how can we be certain that distant stars & galaxies aren’t made of antimatter?

Autocrats like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin fear democracy, yet go to great lengths to present themselves as democratic leaders.

Meta and NYU’s robot can navigate and clean rooms it’s never seen before.