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Dive into seven texts that continue to shape Western philosophy, from ancient Mesopotamia to Greece’s brightest minds.

Scientists have found three new examples of a very exotic form of matter made of quarks. They can yield insights into the early Universe.

Alzheimer’s disease is frightening, but the right combination of lifestyle choices can reduce your risk.

There are so many problems, all across planet Earth, that harm and threaten humanity. Why invest in researching the Universe?

Bernini created art for 8 different popes. In the process, he helped reinforce and redefine Christianity’s visual culture.

Our classical intuition is no good in a quantum Universe. To make sense of it, we need to learn, and apply, an entirely novel set of rules.

Mars and Earth were sister planets in many ways, with early similar conditions. Why did Mars die? The leading explanation isn’t universal.

In 1995, Hubble peered at the Pillars of Creation, forever changing our view. Now in 2022, JWST completes the star-forming puzzle.

With the discovery of Porphyrion, we’ve now seen black hole jets spanning 24 million light-years: the scale of the cosmic web.

Particle physics needs a new collider to supersede the Large Hadron Collider. Muons, not electrons or protons, might hold the key.

An experiment in rats suggests that gene editing may be a treatment for anxiety and alcoholism in adults who were exposed to binge-drinking in their adolescence.

Reading classic books can inform you as much about the present as the past.

As the Sun ages, it loses mass, causing Earth to spiral outward in its orbit. Will that cool the Earth down, or will other effects win out?

Explore the key highlights from the UN’s latest release of its world population estimates.

Gravitational waves carry enormous amounts of energy, but spread out quickly once they leave the source. Could they ever create black holes?

The idea that “you” persist after death does not hold up to the current understanding of memory and identity.

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

The same brain differences that contribute to left-handedness also contribute to psychotic disorders. But there’s a bright side.

Could we all attain this superpower?

Did fire change the development of the human brain?

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is the most powerful particle accelerator ever. To go even further, we’ll have to overcome something big.

Treating “oniomania” or compulsive buying disorder is about protecting your finances as well as your mental health.

The most iconic, longest-lived space telescope of all, NASA’s Hubble, is experiencing orbital decay as the solar cycle peaks. Here’s why.

Research suggests that experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to a sense of direction.

Ages 30 to 45 are now “the rush hour of life.”

Children as young as three have been defined for life by IQ tests.

50 years ago, Stephen Hawking showed that black holes emit radiation and eventually decay away. That fate may now apply to everything.

One of the 20th century’s most famous, influential, and successful physicists is lauded the world over. But Feynman is no hero to me.

Without Étienne-Joseph-Théophile Thoré, the genius of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer would have been lost to time.

Could life be widespread throughout the cosmos, in the subsurface oceans of ice-covered worlds? NASA’s Europa Clipper mission investigates.