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Scientists find routes using arches of chaos that can lead to much faster space travel.

Europa may be difficult to access. But if a recent study is correct, its subsurface ocean would be more accessible than previously thought.

The most unpleasant aspect of intellectual liberalism is that when speech causes emotional or mental pain, the offended parties are morally entitled to nothing.

Scientists are using bioelectronic medicine to treat inflammatory diseases, an approach that capitalizes on the ancient “hardwiring” of the nervous system.

For billions of years on Earth, life was limited to simple unicellular, non-differentiated organisms. In a mere flash, that changed forever.

Like sneaking veggies into dessert, these board games teach STEM, strategy, and executive functions through the joys of play.

There are almost no standards governing the cannabis industry. Your favorite weed strain may contain unpleasant surprises.

Financial setbacks are more common than you might think.

Graphical user interfaces are how most of us interact with computers, from iPhones to laptops. But they were once condemned as making students lazy and destroying the art of writing.

A team of scientists hopes deep-earth lithium could sustain America’s vast demand for batteries. But extracting it won’t be easy.

HIV mutates rapidly, which has made the development of a vaccine an enormous challenge for decades. Finally, we might have one.

It’s no longer just VR vs. AR. There is an alphabet soup of metaverse acronyms, often used imprecisely. So, what do they all mean?

Dead whales inspire a way to find extraterrestrial life on Mars.

A great many cosmic puzzles still remain unsolved. By embracing a broad and varied approach, particle physics heads toward a bright future.

Solving difficult visual puzzles seems to help the brain “rewire” itself by forming new neural pathways.

From consciousness to nothingness and beyond, these questions still baffle the brightest minds. Will they ever be solved?

“The stars made our minds, and now our minds look back.”

There are a wide variety of theoretical studies that call our Standard Model of cosmology into question. Here’s what they really mean.

Arendt thought 20th-century philosophy had become too passive and abstract. She called for “active thinking” that prepares us to live in the real world.

One home was printed in 28 hours. Now, Alquist 3D is building 200 more.

It’s sustainable, nutritious and delicious. Scientists need to ramp up efforts to meet this urgent need.

Although the Big Bang occurred at an instant in time long ago, we still see the light from it. Will the evidence ever disappear completely?

About 2.5% of women and 2.2% of men in the U.S. meet the criteria for body dysmorphic disorder.

Quantum superposition challenges our notions of what is real.

Those who know who they are — and what they truly value — refuse to compromise their authentic direction to placate others.

In 2017, a kilonova sent light and gravitational waves across the Universe. Here on Earth, there was a 1.7 second signal arrival delay. Why?

Neptune holds records in our Solar System, but the Universe gets even faster. Here on Earth, extreme weather events can cause dramatic wind speed spikes. When hurricanes are at their most […]

Disulfiram is an FDA-approved drug for the treatment of chronic alcoholism. It might also serve as anti-anxiety medication.

In some Asian countries, what’s in your blood may influence your social status.

Today, the star-formation rate across the Universe is a mere trickle: just 3% of what it was at its peak. Here’s what it was like back then.