“You gotta know when to fold ’em.”

Nearly 2000 years ago, Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii but incinerating Herculaneum. The most lethal volcanic phenomenon is at fault.

Is Eliezer Yudkowsky the same false prophet that Paul Ehrlich was?

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works engineering division has devised many jaw-dropping aircraft. Here are some of the best — and one ship.

Like Mars today, Venus used to be a sci-fi superstar. Recent discoveries could re-ignite our interest in Earth’s “evil twin.”

The old linear job model is obsolete. Our post-pandemic work lives are defined by options and flexibility.

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

The status quo may be unsustainable.

A recent study is the first to fabricate electronic components from endogenous molecules.

Research suggests parenthood helps couples tune into each other’s minds and emotional states.

It’s a lot easier to point out things that are gezellig (adjective) than it is to define gezelligheid (noun) itself.

With infrared capabilities and image sharpness far beyond Hubble’s limits, JWST looked at Hubble’s deepest field, revealing so much more.

You are an energy field — but not the “chakras” or “auras” kind.

The content of our long-term memories is constantly “reconstructed” by our brains. The same is true of memories formed mere seconds ago.

An un-crewed sailing drone discovered the unusually shaped, slumbering seamount.

Burj Al Babas may one day be full of wealthy vacationers, but for now it’s a ghost town in the center of Turkey.

The lack of friendship is particularly a problem for men. But there are easy ways to make friends.

Our brainwaves naturally synchronize with external stimuli like flickering lights. Here’s how the phenomenon might boost learning.

Adolescents actively shape the transformation of religion and become the bearers of new religious patterns, worldviews, and values.

The early bird gets a symphony.

Though he renounced philosophy, Stephen Hawking’s final theory of the universe redraws the basic foundations of cosmology.

The Universe is grand, awe-inspiring, and greater than we likely imagine. Even astrophysicists get anxious thinking about it, but we cope.

It may be time for a cosmological paradigm shift.

Treating “oniomania” or compulsive buying disorder is about protecting your finances as well as your mental health.

There are three barriers we need to overcome to have better, more productive arguments.

Science isn’t synonymous with technology; it’s about a way of thinking.

The double-slit experiment, hundreds of years after it was first performed, still holds the key mystery at the heart of quantum physics.

For many years, some cosmologists embraced the idea of an eternal, steady state universe. But science triumphed over philosophical prejudice.

When it comes to spotting a lie, less is more.