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

One tiny change might have made a huge difference.

Much like energy and nutrients flow in a continuous cycle between the elements of a natural ecosystem, a free flow of knowledge fuels the growth of a learning ecosystem.

When we try to recreate simpler versions of natural ecosystems, we invariably make mistakes, argues author and biologist Rob Dunn.

The majority of countries are democracies. But how many people enjoy democratic rights?

Volunteering at a food bank, doing a coding workshop, or taking an online course might earn you micro-credentials.

Before there were planets, stars, and galaxies, before even neutral atoms or stable protons, there was the Big Bang. How did we prove it?

In 2006, Pluto was demoted in a very controversial decision. Unless you ignore nearly all of planetary science, it’ll never be one again.

I hate grading. I love teaching, though, and giving students feedback is teaching.

And could Earth-based life provide the seeds for biology elsewhere? Today, on Earth, there’s an enormous variety and diversity of life on our planet. Every single surviving lifeform appears, in […]

With a telescope at just the right distance from the Sun, we could use its gravity to enhance and magnify a potentially inhabited planet.

Measurements of the acceleration of the universe don’t agree, stumping physicists working to understand the cosmic past and future. A new proposal seeks to better align these estimates — and is likely testable.

Since the 1980s, engineered monoclonal antibodies have been knocking out invading germs. Sperm may be next.

People with shingles have an approximately 80% higher risk of stroke than those without the disease.

Salk scientists studied complex decision-making capabilities in a worm with just 302 neurons and a mouth full of teeth. It’s smarter than you would think.

More humans are being born with a third arm artery, an example of microevolution happening right before our eyes.

Speculation about the existence of aliens goes all the way back at least to the Greek philosophers. Their arguments will sound familiar.

The US prison system continues to fail, so why does it still exist?

We only need two numbers to understand why.

After 10,000 years of civilization, have we figured out what virtue is?

Data from NASA, ESA, and Roscosmos suggest that long durations in space cause changes in the brain, some of which are linked to vision problems.

Researchers believe they have found a single point mutation in an infection-sensing gene that causes the autoimmune disorder.

Nobody knows where the word “penguin” comes from.

For some reason, when we talk about the age of stars, galaxies, and the Universe, we use “years” to measure time. Can we do better?

If you find yourself on one of these roads, it might be a while before you see another fellow traveler.

The answer may lie in the particular way sand forms on Titan.

Before Rome was an empire, it was a republic. And before it was a republic, it was a kingdom ruled by seven mythical kings — some better than others.

If future studies prove it to be successful, this technique for the early detection of pancreatic cancer could save thousands of lives.

From emotional intelligence to problem solving, these management training topics will set team leaders up for success.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Swiss Enlightenment philosopher who praised a simple life and inspired the worst of the French Revolution.