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The James Webb Space Telescope viewed Neptune, our Solar System’s final planet, for the first time. Here’s what we saw, and what it means.

Forensics has reached the final frontier, and could be used to solve future space accidents—or crimes.

Seventy-five years after the anomaly’s discovery, scientists have finally figured out why sea levels are so much lower here.

The TRAPPIST-1 system is a treasure trove of possibilities and questions. Observations by JWST have just begun.

Executive coach Jodi Wellman explains how to “make it to the end with no regrets.”

You could send your potential paramour a perfume bottle, a cigar cutter, travel plans — or maybe some cocaine.

The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter recently captured images that could help scientists better under the mysterious physics of our Sun.

Branding isn’t buzz — we’ve been doing it for thousands of years.

Your brain may notice fearful faces, even if you don’t consciously realize it.

Using peach and eggplant emojis as shorthand for sex may seem like a new thing, but Renaissance artists were experts at using produce to imply intercourse.

Cognitive systems famously posited by psychologist Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) may hold the key to a more productive and focused work environment.

It’s rare that one single image packs so much beauty and science simultaneously. This Hubble view of a nearby star-forming region has both.

Chemists could replace bubbling flasks with tumbling ball mills.

Paintings played an important role in these ancient civilizations. Unfortunately, pigment is not nearly as durable as marble.

On larger and larger scales, many of the same structures we see at small ones repeat themselves. Do we live in a fractal Universe?

In the West, discussions of 20th-century painting are dominated by Warhol and Picasso, but trendsetting artists are found everywhere.

Former Levi Strauss & Co. CEO Chip Bergh revitalized the brand with a visionary innovation plan.

A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

The sky is blue. The oceans are blue. While science can explain them both, the reasons for each are entirely different.

According to the CDC, 50 countries worldwide have drinkable tap water. But look closer, and the picture is more nuanced.

Why “audio gaps” in video meetings wear us out — and why we need the meaningful relationships forged in communal workspaces.

Mark Weinstein outlines a new path for social media that protects, respects, and empowers the regular users.

Don’t argue with science. Just do it.

Every astrobiologist wants to find an alien. But the public should be skeptical when the “aliens” look like tiny humans.

Beer’s flavor begins to change as soon as it is packaged. Are cans or bottles better at preserving flavor?

In 100 years, perhaps this map showing humanity clustering around the equator will seem “so 21st century.”

Some of them have survived the wilds of space for billions of years.

Sure, there’s less daylight during winter than summer, as your hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun. But darkness goes deeper than that.

Nevada has the fewest number of native-born citizens.

For a substantial fraction of a second after the Big Bang, there was only a quark-gluon plasma. Here’s how protons and neutrons arose.