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The answer is set to change in the year 2113, a recent estimate suggests.

In the international competition, people with physical disabilities put state-of-the-art devices to the test as they race to complete the tasks of everyday life.

Here’s what recent DESI measurements suggest — and why it’s too early to update conventional predictions about the Universe’s distant future.

To clear Scotland’s roads in winter, the local traffic agency employs heavy machinery with punny names. Can you grit and bear it?

New research finds that dinosaurs were already adapted to living in cold climates before the end-Triassic mass extinction. But how?

Hundreds of millions of animals get killed for meat every day.

It may seem as though top performers are always on, but the secret to their success is taking the time to recharge.

Archaeologists have identified what may be Europe’s oldest human-made megastructure.

The Moon is the most likely place for evidence from the dawn of life on Earth to be preserved in cold storage.

Many beloved fantasy adventures take place in worlds that bear a striking resemblance to our own.

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

How can “you” move on when the old “you” is gone?

We don’t know what causes Miyake events, but these great surges of energy can help us understand the past — while posing a threat to our future.

Chemical changes inside Mars’ core caused it to lose its magnetic field. This, in turn, caused it to lose its oceans. But how?

Since the time of Galileo, Saturn’s rings have remained an unexplained mystery. A new idea may have finally solved the longstanding puzzle.

Many impact craters on Earth have been erased thanks to wind, water, and plate tectonics. But scientists have clever ways to find them.

This is a great improvement over the typical brew time of 12 to 18 hours.

Meet the world’s largest landowners.

Visionaries from Socrates to Steve Jobs have touted curiosity as an essential quality. Here’s how to supercharge your spirit of inquiry.

Lake Baikal holds nearly one-fourth of Earth’s fresh surface water and is the most scientifically interesting lake on our planet.

The space telescope’s findings challenge the notion of a galaxy brimming with life.

Would you be upset if I called you an eggplant?

Artificial general intelligence will not arise in systems that only passively receive data. They need to be able to act back on the world.

According to Peter Ward’s “Medea hypothesis,” photosynthesizing organisms regularly doom most life on Earth by over-consuming carbon dioxide.

The ANITA experiment found cosmic rays shooting out of Antarctica. One interpretation claims “parallel Universes,” but is that right?

One hypothesis: “gossip traps.”

It’s on a 100,000-year timescale, though, so the next few centuries might not be so comfortable.

Will “Sausage Party” survive the test of time?

Based on data since 2000 alone, global warming is still occurring at a whopping 7-sigma significance. How hot will planet Earth get?

A battle between different kinds of love.