For decades people have arranged to freeze their bodies after death, dreaming of resurrection by advanced future medicine. Many met a fate far grislier than death.

The answer is both disappointing and exciting.

The first human that isn’t an Earthling could be in our lifetime.

Atheists are not immune from supernatural thinking.

With a telescope at just the right distance from the Sun, we could use its gravity to enhance and magnify a potentially inhabited planet.

“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it.”

This is a great improvement over the typical brew time of 12 to 18 hours.

“This fourth wave will be worse than it’s ever been before.”

We only detected our very first gravitational wave in 2015. Over the next two decades, we’ll have thousands more.

In paint form, the world’s “whitest white” reflects so much light that surfaces become cooler than the surrounding air.

When it comes to vetting people for friendship, body odor seems to be a decisive factor.

Long before Christopher and Magellan, ancient explorers voyaged into the unknown and brought home extraordinary tales.

New research shows that having an attitude of gratitude is key to healthy relationships, and it can virally impact society.

We knew we’d find galaxies unlike any seen before in its first deep-field image. But the other images hold secrets even more profound.

The surface of asteroid Bennu is more like a plastic ball pit than the Moon.

The zebras were originally part of a newspaper tycoon’s private zoo. Now they roam the San Simeon grasslands, growing in numbers. 

A neuroscientist explains how to master your focus.

It could permanently lower cholesterol — and permanently reduce your risk of having a heart attack.

If Rome was not built in a day, why do you think you can be?

Just as there are many types of believers, there’s not only one type of atheist.

The emergence of life in the universe is as certain as the emergence of matter, gravity, and the stars. Life is the universe developing a memory, and our chemical detection system could find it.

There are two conceptions of free will: “straight” and “mixed.”

The history of music from bone flutes to Beyoncé.

From superstition to religion, we are surrounded by supernatural thinking. Is that a bad thing?

Long thought incapable of regenerating, we now know that brain cells can grow and reorganize. That, it turns out, is a mixed blessing.

There are so many problems, all across planet Earth, that harm and threaten humanity. Why invest in researching the Universe?

Your subjective experience might not end the moment your heart stops, research on near-death experiences suggests.

Lasers are all around you. This ubiquitous technology came from our understanding of quantum physics.

A new study shows that political partisans are more likely to remember things that didn’t happen — as long as it fits their narrative.

A new bridge joins a divided Croatia, but it cuts Bosnia out of Europe — literally and figuratively. A bridge meant to unite also divides.