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In the grand scheme of the cosmic story, a single year isn't all that significant. But over time, the annual changes really add up!
It was originally recorded in the 1970s by cognitive psychologists Harry McGurk and John MacDonald.
Only recently have scientists directly witnessed this most pivotal of events in biology.
Sharing food and kissing are among the signals babies use to interpret their social world, according to a new study.
Evolution repeatedly hit upon this solution simply because it works.
Since dark matter eludes detection, the mission will target sources of light that are sensitive to it.
It was a particularly good year for biotech and medical technology. There were also notable advances in energy.
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How did complex systems emerge from chaos? Physicist Sean Carroll explains.
What if you could just grow your own blood?
They could also "turn off" their fear.
Some solar cells are so lightweight they can sit on a soap bubble.
The shift from steam to electricity was inevitable — but some foresaw it earlier than others.
For nearly a century, physicists have argued over how to interpret quantum physics. But reality exists independent of any interpretation.
Ever since the Big Bang, cataclysmic events have released enormous amounts of energy. Here's the greatest one ever witnessed.
It will be able to produce 22 million pounds of cultivated meat annually.
We might be dining on insect-based Christmas pies with robot-harvested algae on the side.
A new drug inhibits a human enzyme that coronaviruses hijack in order to replicate.
When we're stressed, our hormones and nervous system produce all sorts of odors.
These were the stories you clicked on the most.
Lithium-ion batteries pose challenges for our transition toward renewable energy. Sodium-sulfur batteries might be a solution.
Parity tasks (such as odd and even categorisation) are considered abstract and high-level numerical concepts in humans.
Ada Lovelace’s skills with language, music, and needlepoint all contributed to her pioneering work in computing.
Sleep less, sleep less, sleep more.
"A modern five-day forecast is as accurate as a one-day forecast in 1980."
Shouldn't "flight mode" be obsolete?
Belief in God and the afterlife increased, while belief in superstition decreased.
Even lifelong technologists and AI researchers like myself were genuinely surprised by the speed and impact of generative AI.
Despite their brief history, computers and AI have fundamentally changed what we see, what we know, and what we do.
The media sells bad news, but scientific evidence shows that we are making progress toward a greener planet.