Rejecting romanticism, these famous paintings depict war as it really is: sadistic and senseless.
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What you need to know about this smallpox cousin.
There were many other species of human on the planet. Svante Pääbo discovered one of them.
Humanity can avoid catastrophe — if we look beyond our blinkered present.
The answer may depend on your lifestyle.
This pup puts us one step closer to resurrecting extinct species.
Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein drew inspiration from psychologists as well as their own children, becoming more understanding parents in the process.
It turns out it’s hard to make work at an Amazon warehouse fun.
Our bodies crave more food if we haven’t had enough protein, and this can lead to a vicious cycle.
“Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself — and there isn’t one.”
Steam cars hit the U.S. market in the 1890s but were largely extinct by the 1930s. Will technology bring them back?
Long overlooked, menstrual stem cells could have important medical applications, including diagnosing endometriosis
Germany finds itself once again allowing a murderous dictator to run rampant in Europe, though this time it is due to incompetence and technophobia rather than malice.
Hint: They hold off on talking about their alien god until much later.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has already changed the world. AI algorithms have been incorporated into everyday applications—such as social media, web mapping, facial recognition, and virtual home assistants—to make them more […]
We can’t always change our horrible bosses — but we can transform the ways we interact with them.
“We’re acting more like fans of a football team going to a game than a banker carefully choosing investments.”
Not everything that claims to be “scientific” actually is. There are five features of scientifically rigorous studies.
The Universe is 13.8 billion years old, going back to the hot Big Bang. But was that truly the beginning, and is that truly its age?
The DART mission tested whether it’s possible to deflect an asteroid by crashing something into it.
To break “analysis paralysis,” reduce the number of available options — and introduce an element of chance.
The James Webb Space Telescope has chosen 5 targets for its first science release. Here’s what we know on the eve of JWST’s big reveal!
These core teachings make an ideal starting point for exploring Buddhist philosophy.
When the average person has a “theory,” they’re just guessing. But for a scientist, a theory is the pinnacle of what we can achieve.
For generations, physicists have been searching for a quantum theory of gravity. But what if gravity isn’t actually quantum at all?
Venerated astrophysicist Carl Sagan entertained the possibility.
Alan Turing and Christopher Strachey created a ground-breaking computer program that allowed them to express affection vicariously when so doing publicly, as gay men, was criminal.
Is there any good reason for assigning North and South the way we do, or could we have just as easily done the reverse?
Earth is not a benign mother. We have begun to witness what happens when it unleashes its fury.
Total annihilation is a permanent threat.