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Despite the vast number of planets in the Universe, Earth's specific evolutionary history guarantees that its life forms — including humans — are utterly unique.
The history of cartography might have been very different if the Latin version of Muhammad al-Idrisi's atlas had survived instead of the Arabic one.
Ideal models of family life have been broken by societal, technological, and cultural shifts — and we need to rethink our options.
By probing the Universe on atomic scales and smaller, we can reveal the entirety of the Standard Model, and with it, the quantum Universe.
The author of Frankenstein had an obsession with the cemetery and saw love and death as connected.
A high-fat diet might trigger inflammation of the hypothalamus.
Predictive power has perverse, anti-democratic consequences. So be a good citizen and lie to election pollsters.
Time to rewrite our understanding of structural engineering.
Listening to some songs can cause a powerful physiological response known as "frisson." What is it, and why does it happen?
As the Manhattan Project headed for completion, German attempts to build a nuclear weapon had already been dismantled.
Bad news: Sleeping in on the weekends probably won't cut it.
The first observational evidence showing the Universe is expanding is 100 years old now: in 2023. Here's the story of its 100th anniversary.
Studies on "growth mindset" interventions fail to show significant benefits.
Explore how belief shapes destiny, from Oedipus Rex to modern geopolitics.
How fast is the Universe expanding? Two major methods disagree. New JWST data, just released, strengthens this Hubble tension even further.
Smarter building materials can control indoor temperatures without external power.
Music is part of the human experience, which is why some philosophers have written about it. Some had wacky ideas.
Whether you call it 10 quintillion, 10 million trillion, or 10 billion billion, it's a 1 followed by 19 zeroes.
In Kannauj, perfumers have been making monsoon-infused mitti attar for centuries.