We're going to have to reckon with our workweek sooner than later.

At the core of the largest star-forming region of the Local Group sits the biggest star we know of. Mass is the single most important astronomical property in determining the lives […]

How modern astronomy helps determine its precise timing. Sort of.

Here's how we stop a health crisis before it wreaks havoc on us.

Harvard psychologists discover why we dislike the people who deliver bad news.

If life exists on Mars, there's a good chance it's related to us, say researchers.

Americans' acceptance and desire of "dad bod" is increasing every year.

If loneliness is a "disease," is this one of the complications?

When thinking about your shortcomings, it pays to be kind.

2018's winter was particularly harsh on U.S. honeybees. What's causing bee populations to plummet, and what can we do about it?

Gigantic explosions of light are reverberating across the universe.

Empathy is what allows us to understand works of art, right?

Big data is here to save your dinner.

The wonder and the ethics of deep time. The "wood-wide-web". The claustrophobia of the Anthropocene. In our 200th episode, UNDERLAND author Robert MacFarlane takes us on a journey deep into the Earth and ourselves.

Two independent techniques give precise but incompatible answers. Here’s how to resolve it. If you didn’t know anything about the Universe beyond our own galaxy, there are two different pathways you […]

There are clues to the future and past trapped in Greenland's ice.

Scientists may have seen a way to cure a maddening symptom of hearing loss.

Science, theology, and the divine creator as a verb.

Its scarcity could impact scientific research as well as the high-tech industry.

The U.S. law regulating the cosmetics industry was passed in 1938, and it hasn't been significantly updated since.