We don’t know when or how music was originally invented, but we can now track its evolution across space and time thanks to the Global Jukebox.
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Research reveals a new evolutionary feature that separates humans from other primates.
What we’ve learning from the world’s coldest, most forbidding, and most peaceful continent.
Scuba divers often appear to be swimming through a calm and muffled universe. This couldn’t be farther from the truth.
A vertical map might better represent a world dominated by China and determined by shipping routes across the iceless Arctic.
The last naked-eye Milky Way supernova happened way back in 1604. The next one could be the key to solving the dark matter mystery.
This small phase 1 study suggests that CRISPR-engineered T cells are safe and potentially effective, but there is a long way to go.
From the explosions themselves to their unique and vibrant colors, the fireworks displays we adore require quantum physics.
Every time our Universe cools below a critical threshold, we fall out of equilibrium. That’s the best thing that ever happened to us.
Oxygen is thought to be a biomarker for extraterrestrial life, but there are at least three different ways that a lifeless planet can produce it.
AI has become a black box in more ways than one.
Earth is not a benign mother. We have begun to witness what happens when it unleashes its fury.
Each year, over half a million migrants cross the deadly jungle separating Colombia from Panama in search of a better life in the United States.
Only humans can voluntarily conjure new objects and events in our minds.
I also can’t conjure sounds, smells, or any other kind of sensory stimulation inside my head. This is called “aphantasia.”
Smart CEOs can harness authenticity and humanity on socials — but one slip can spell disaster. Here’s a strategic plan.
It was a particularly good year for biotech and medical technology. There were also notable advances in energy.
In an age of high quit rates, struggling low-wage employees, and tone-deaf leadership, the call for “good jobs” makes great sense.
Nanofabricators could quickly synthesize whatever we need, molecule by molecule.
Delay the instant gratification of online knowledge and first seek out the wisdom within yourself.
Neuroscientists and artists alike are making the case that we could transform the world through psychedelics.
Just as human beings diversified so that people in Asia look different from people in Europe, so too did their microbiomes.
Zombies aren’t a modern-day obsession. Throughout history, fear of the undead led to bizarre burial rituals all over the world.
“Oosouji” or “big cleaning” is much more than a chance to tidy up.
A deep dive into the chaotic journey of star formation.
The recently discovered Oort cloud comet, Bernardinelli–Bernstein, has the largest known nucleus: 119 km. Here’s what it could do to Earth.
Smoke taint from wildfires is gross, even to wine amateurs.
Particles are everywhere, including particles from space that stream through the human body. Here’s how they prove Einstein’s relativity.
Overwintering is profoundly stressful for trees. So why do they bother?
The questions about which massive structures to build, and where, are actually very hard to answer. Infrastructure is always about the future: It takes years to construct, and lasts for years beyond that.