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The miniaturization of particle accelerators could disrupt medical science.

The problem with carnivores turned omnivores.

In an animal study, it blocked the drug from crossing into the brain.

About six million years ago, the Mediterranean was sealed off from the Atlantic, and over centuries it ran dry. One megaflood reversed that.

The existential philosopher argued that an authentic and meaningful life is measured by choice.

If the past is any guide, things are going to take off quickly.

Humans could, in theory, one day use scaling laws to extend our lifespans.

Technology goes in directions we can never predict — so we must be prepared to limit the spread of unintended consequences.

Caitlin Rivers wants to tell the story of epidemiology and the public health heroes who keep the world safe and healthy.

Smarter building materials can control indoor temperatures without external power.

Well-preserved ancient plants and other finds at the Clarkia fossil beds hint at what kind of evidence any Martian life may have left behind.

Almost all royal lines try to legitimize their rule with legendary origin stories. Here are five of the strangest examples.

In “Dear Oliver,” neuroscientist Susan Barry describes how her 10-year correspondence with Oliver Sacks unleashed her inner author.

Other plans for the tech: organ banking and deep space travel.

The question of why the Universe is the way it is is an ancient one, and none of the answers we have come up with are satisfying.

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

“Could you create a god?” Nietzsche’s titular character asks in “Thus Spoke Zarathustra.”

As creatures and machines meld together in increasingly advanced forms, ethicists are starting to take note.

Meet the masterful con-men who impressed the great and the good despite the astonishing fiction of their very existence.

This supremely simple hack can help you establish good habits, break bad ones, and guard against failure.

“I suddenly woke up one day and thought, you idiot, you are letting your life fade away, you have got to do something.”

Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein are locked in an eternal battle over the nature of gravity. Whose side are you on?

We are traveling in a realm that once exclusively belonged to the gods. Space travel will force humanity to rethink everything.

Don’t take the prodigy pathway. Become a broad thinker instead.

The philosophy of sex is going through a recalibration period.

The great philosopher spent the final portion of his painful life in a vegetative state. Did illness get him there, or was it his own philosophy?

A common weed uses uncommon types of photosynthesis.

From the explosions themselves to their unique and vibrant colors, the fireworks displays we adore require quantum physics.

Irene is on a bus with her young kids when two men come on, cussing like sailors. Should Irene step in and say something?

It’s not just fun: DNA origami has the potential to revolutionize engineering at the nanoscopic scale.