Mars was warmer and wetter long ago. If anything was alive there, what came next was either a tragedy or a masterclass in survival.

George Szpiro explores the philosophical ideas that explain why justice — not freedom or efficiency — may better anchor a fair society.

Have you ever woken up after a dream and thought to yourself, “That made absolutely no sense”? According to modern neuroscience, there’s a reason why dreams feel so abstract and bizarre. Two sleep experts discuss.

Known as the "past hypothesis" problem, the Universe's initially low entropy has long puzzled scientists. Now, cosmic inflation solves it.

TikTok gave an old practice a terrible name. Neuroscience explains why it actually works.

Leadership isn’t about mastering a fixed set of skills, but creating the meaningful, human-centered experiences that inspire others.

As the world teeters on the brink of nuclear war, distant, advanced civilizations would never know it. Earth appears peaceful from far away.

In this excerpt from her new book, Jennifer Shahade argues that the smartest move in life, as in chess, is sometimes a sideways one.

As AI overwhelms the web, we will need a way to distinguish people from machines.

The 1st generation of stars formed, lived, and died very early on. But 2nd generation stars could still persist today. Did we just find one?

The ideology, economics, and psychology behind the modern world's draining of color from homes, cars, and everyday objects.

Howard Gardner joins us to reflect on the theory of multiple intelligences and why the question of who owns intelligence is more important than ever.

As humanity journeys to the Moon for the first time since 1972, can we rediscover our shared responsibilities: to the world and each other?

“We can use neuroscience and tools from psychology to learn how to take advantage of anxiety.” From Zen Buddhism to flow state, these 3 experts explain how to hack your brain.

As light travels across the Universe, it's subject to cosmic expansion, changing fields, and relative motion. How about gravitational waves?

Neuroscientist David Linden sheds light on the biology behind phenomena that medicine has long struggled to explain, from voodoo death and broken heart syndrome to the placebo effect, and why grief shows up in autopsy results

In this excerpt from The Wage Standard, Arindrajit Dube explains how "monopsony" gives some employers the power to set wages below competitive levels.

Even though no human has stepped foot on the Moon's surface in 50 years, the evidence of our presence there remains unambiguous.

This 1524 map of the Aztec capital was a window into an exotic otherworld — and largely a fiction.

Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec breaks down why the traditional idea of mentorship is not only outdated, but actively getting in the way of your growth.