The inventor Nikola Tesla's esoteric beliefs included unusual theories about the Egyptian pyramids.

The axolotl is known to regrow its lower jaw, its retinae, ovaries, kidneys, heart, rudimentary lungs, spinal cord, and large chunks of its brain.

Many renowned writers have revelled in the gifts of their non-native tongues.

"You get to this age, you realize that there are people who will not like what you do no matter what you do," says Booker Prize-winner Salman Rushdie.

"Body, breath, awareness…that's your life. Every problem you ever have, every joy you ever have, depends on that." In this week's episode of Think Again, host Jason Gots talks with acclaimed poet and zen teacher Norman Fischer about the imagination as a tool for living a good life.

Perhaps sooner than we think, we'll need to examine the moral standing of intelligent machines.

The farther away they get, the smaller distant galaxies look. But only up to a point, and then they get magnified. Here’s how. Intuitively, we all know that when we see […]

We speak with cosmologist Dan Hooper, and ponder the literal edge of what we know about the Universe. Have you ever wondered what the first moments of our Universe were […]

Life forms on Earth are wildly varied, but scientists discover a single formula that predicts every one's life cycle.

People who score high in "dark triad" personality traits are able to empathize. They'd just rather not.

"They" has taken on a not-so-new meaning lately. This earned it the scrutiny it needed to win.

Facebook's misinformation isn't just a threat to democracy. It's endangering lives.

In the office, vulnerability is the opposite of weakness.

How can physics on the smallest scales affect what the Universe does on its largest ones? Cosmic inflation holds the answer. On a macroscopic level, the Universe appears to be entirely […]

Going from a solitary teenage protester in front of the Swedish parliament to a global icon in little more than a year certainly merits a distinction.

The Jerezo crater — where Mars 2020 is set to land — could be a good place to find signs of past life on Mars.

Austro-Japanese aristocrat Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi later concentrated on plans for Pan-Europe.

Here’s a formula for chaos: Collect a diverse and volatile group of eccentric comedians and comedy writers, and give them a nearly impossible task with a just-barely-possible deadline. Oh, and […]

The internet has given us the opportunity to stay informed better than ever. It's also given us the ability to misinform ourselves — delude ourselves — beyond belief.

The quest for the ultimate vacuum just got taken to the next level thanks to a new technique: the quantum squeezer. One of the most understated frontiers in all of […]