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In a way, the human brain is like three brains in one.

If life is common in the Universe, then where is everybody? Known as the Fermi Paradox, a new project may help solve the riddle.

There has been a 600% increase in European gas prices so far in 2021.

We pretend to be in control, but we have frighteningly little knowledge upon which to base our life’s decisions.

The DART mission tested whether it’s possible to deflect an asteroid by crashing something into it.

JWST just found its first transiting exoplanet, and it’s 99% the size of Earth. But with no atmosphere seen, perhaps air is truly rare.

Many capabilities contribute to effective change leadership, but four stand out as vitally important at a macro level.

Without modularization, many epic projects simply would be impossible.

Nietzsche both wished he was as stupid as a cow so he wouldn’t have to contemplate existence, and pitied cows for being so stupid that they couldn’t contemplate existence.

The Kardashev scale ranks civilizations from Type 1 to Type 3 based on energy harvesting.

A new book by historian and author Paul Strathern argues that the Northern European Renaissance has long been overlooked.

Imagine Flipper trained in the art of espionage.

Two aspects of memory – fast updating and long lasting – are typically considered incompatible, yet the insects combined them.

Is science absolute? Its truths and discoveries guide us toward the nature of reality, but we must always remain open-minded to revisions.

Deep learning AI has accurately created color images from night vision images.

In many city-states, it was perfectly acceptable for older men to have sexual relationships with young boys.

Memories aren’t mental recordings, but pliable information we can use to better manage the present and conjure future possibilities.

Jung thought these autonomous entities live in your unconscious mind — often at a cost.

The cat-and-mouse game between China and the world’s semiconductor companies is already having enormous consequences.

“Lac-Phe” grants obese mice the benefits of exercise — without exercising. But don’t expect an “exercise pill.”

Before we discovered gravitational waves, multi-messenger astronomy got its start with light and particles arriving from the same event.

The “money taboo” is not a single taboo, but rather an amalgamation of several smaller taboos tied to gender and socioeconomic class.

Japan just opened to tourists for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, echoing the island country’s isolationist policies during the feudal era.

Singularities frustrate our understanding. But behind every singularity in physics hides a secret door to a new understanding of the world.

Not only that, but AI learns what type of faces we like.

Simple “nudges” to remind people to show up for court could help keep thousands out of jail.

Tracing the origin and development of jaws — and other anatomical features that humans share — sheds some light on how we came to be.  

Our society mostly emphasizes developing logical, procedural thinking skills, but this isn’t the only way to come up with great ideas.

Can ChatGPT help you power through writer’s block?

Understanding Mezirow’s theory of transformative learning can help you become a catalyst of change.