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The results of a recent study found that genetically engineering cats could be a solution to eliminating cat allergies.

Understanding these links could bring us closer to a cure.

Great tidal ranges are relatively rare on a global scale — and can be very deadly to the unsuspecting foreshore walker.

Only Caesar lived to tell the tale.

A company can only be as agile as its least flexible team — here’s how to make an effective framework for decision-making.

The concept of the warp drive is currently at odds with everything we know to be true about physics.

“Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed,” advised Stoic philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius. He had a point.

Spend well, save well, live well.

Unless you’re drinking a dozen diet sodas per day, you have nothing to worry about — and maybe not even then.

Fish are surprisingly good in numbers tests — a skill that sometimes makes the difference between life and death.

These were the stories you clicked on the most.

An influential series of books argues that the history of the world is the history of generations. Is it right?

German researchers have just solved the mystery of how these substances work.

A researcher weighs in on who’s accountable, when and why, in the eyes of the law — and whether the measures work as intended.

Volcanologists warn that magma-filled vents evolve over time, leading to an underestimation of the number that might erupt — especially those capable of the biggest explosions

In the early stages of our Solar System, there were three life-friendly planets: Venus, Earth, and Mars. Only Earth thrived. Here’s why.

In many ways, it was worse than Chernobyl.

Felicia had a job to do.

It’s the clitoris, stupid!

Scientists are notoriously resistant to new ideas. Are they falling prey to groupthink? Or are our current theories just that successful?

Both nations made missteps, but China still has a chance to make up lost ground.

There’s value to be found in the arguments that make you uncomfortable — especially in a culture that has trained us to avoid them.

We know that everything changes, but we long for something more permanent.

As a physician, John Pringle helped reinvent hygiene; as a husband, he destroyed a woman’s life with his abuse.

If you gave me $400 and I gave you $3.15, would you consider yourself wealthier? That’s a financial analogy for the supposed fusion power “breakthrough.”

Twin Health lets patients with diabetes see what’s happening inside their own body and can model each patient’s unique metabolism.

Scientific surprises, driven by experiment, are often how science advances. But more often than not, they’re just bad science.

What are supermassive black holes, how common are they, and how do they grow up throughout cosmic history? Listen and find out!

Our relationship with chatbots is undergoing a sea change — here’s how the transformation will most affect you and your team.

In a major advance, scientists have found a new and groundbreaking way to force electrons to flow only in one direction in a superconductor.