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Many facts are well-known to professionals, but are unappreciated or even rejected outright by the public. "How stars work" takes the cake.

From landscaped gardens to road systems, the Persians were among the first to create many things we still enjoy today.

As SpaceX slashes launch costs, governments are gaining new capabilities, while potentially outsourcing their sovereignty to Musk's private empire.

You've heard of the mind-body connection. But have you ever actually tried to understand your own? Three scientists break down the feedback loop running your brain and body — and what becomes possible when you learn to use it.

For decades, theorists have been cooking up "theories of everything" to explain our Universe. Are all of them completely off-track?

"I will not reason and compare: my business is to create."

Our dream of journeying to other star systems has a big obstacle to overcome: the vast interstellar distances. Can antimatter get us there?

A new generation of self-healing tools could make the U.S.'s aging power grid far more resilient against modern threats.

Data centers consume enormous amounts of power, but their steady demand could make the grid more efficient — and lower costs for everyone.

Your energy doesn’t work like a battery — and treating it that way may be why you still feel tired even after a break.

A growing movement is trying to turn energy directly into food — reviving an old dream of escaping the violence and inefficiency of eating.

A Columbia researcher argues that everything from stress to aging comes down to how energy moves through your body.

The famous framework ranks civilizations by energy use — but ignores a critical factor that can halt their progress.

As the global economy moves beyond oil, the strategic importance of the world’s most critical hydrocarbon chokepoint is likely to decline rapidly.

Our obsession with speed and productivity creates unnecessary pressure that quietly fuels burnout and anxiety.

A firsthand look at China’s material progress and clean-tech revolution -- and what could happen if we let an authoritarian state steer AI's future.

When leaders embrace positive personal energy, everyone feels the benefits — in trust, innovation and creativity.

“10 years ago, my colleagues and I looked at the prognosis for climate change, and it looked pretty hopeless. There really was no way out. But something happened – something good.”

What if one of our oldest ideas about ancestry is simply wrong? Harvard geneticist David Reich argues that ancient DNA has exposed the myth of purity and uncovered a far messier history of who we are and where we came from.

On cosmic scales, only dark matter (or something equivalent) gives us the Universe we observe. Now, the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect agrees.