nature

Humans evolved to live in the cold through a number of environmental and genetic factors.

Scientists explore the biggest questions of cosmology.

It’s been used by everyone from philosophers to business leaders — and Stanford research shows it really makes a difference.

A clash of mysteries.

Using terrifying language when talking about climate change may be scaring people into inaction.

A new paper in Nature adds urgency to the fight against climate change.

Chances are we have neighbors somewhere in the Milky Way.

Is beauty always a proxy for genetic health and fitness? Charles Darwin didn’t think so.

Assigning human values and morals to wild animals will only end in heartbreak. And possible necrophilia.

The natural world evolved many pop culture frights long before storytellers used them to terrify us.

When science and ethics collide.

Maybe the only chance they have to tell their story before they’re gone.

“What a shock,” said no dog owner ever.

Climate change stands to take the one thing away from us that might make it easier to deal with, cheap beer.

A buzzworthy study looks at the strange actions of bees.

What is it, do we have any, and why does it matter?

This is doubly worrisome on the heels of the recent UN climate change report, which gave humanity an urgent deadline to cut carbon emissions: just 12 years.

Lions, lightning, and rivers all have one thing in common. We can use the laws of nature to build a regenerative economy and fix rampant inequality.

No particle we know of can explain what’s going on.

What do we see from watching birds move across the country?

Binary stars and common envelope evolution illustrate messy but “tasty” science.

Multi-messenger astronomy further widens our window to the universe.

Fundamental physics must reconsider its current path and value system.

Roaming horny hippos obtained illegally by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar? It’s a heck of a true story.

To spur action on climate change, we need a story of mythical proportions.

In a major announcement today, NASA reveals that its rover found organic compounds and methane.

The quest for the cause of the cosmos is an ancient quest. Neil Turok offers a fascinating new theory.

And other big questions we explored on our first day at the World Science Festival.

Max Tegmark says we’re smart enough to make it. But are we wise enough?

A debate over the physics of time in an alleged “block universe.”