With a finite 13.8 billion years having passed since the Big Bang, there’s an edge to what we can see: the cosmic horizon. What’s it like?
If the evolution of the Universe is a movie, what happens when we rewind it all the way backward?
Beer’s flavor begins to change as soon as it is packaged. Are cans or bottles better at preserving flavor?
How to make money in business, with $100-million Salesforce pioneer Aaron Ross.
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Steam cars hit the U.S. market in the 1890s but were largely extinct by the 1930s. Will technology bring them back?
Gamma-ray bursts are among the most energetic cosmic events of all. On October 9, 2022, a remarkable one occurred: the brightest ever seen.
We bring multifaceted selves to our interactions, and in these interactions co-create each other again and again.
Always look on the bright side of death.
“It doesn’t erase what happened to you. It just changes the impact it has on your life.”
The utilitarian “greatest happiness principle” has remained popular for two centuries — is it time for a rethink?
That scary swirling void from which nothing can escape is our perfect universal translation tool.
Many galaxies really are ultra-distant, but some are just intrinsically red or dusty. Only with spectroscopy can JWST tell which is which.
The cathedral is being explored as never before.
“Not my circus, not my monkeys.”
Explanations for the cosmic speed limit often conflate mass with inertia.
Mercury, Venus, and Mars are all uni-plate planets, and may always have been. Here’s what’s known about why Earth, uniquely, has plate tectonics.
Parking lots are about one-fifth of all land in U.S. city centers, making them “easy to get to, but not worth arriving at.”
Arguments don’t have to be about winning or losing; they can help us build trust despite disagreeing.
No one is teaching us how to be online. That’s a problem.
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A blood test to diagnose mental illness is a “holy grail” of psychiatry.
Brian C. Muraresku, New York Times best-selling author of “The Immortality Key,” unpacks ancient evidence for the widespread ritual use of psychoactive plants.
We are about to learn a lot more about the most elusive of cosmic particles.
This is the latest study to confirm that the brain does not fully mature until at least the third decade of life.
High-conflict people are found in all walks of life. Learning how to identify them, and what to do next, can save you much emotional turmoil.
Your sexual education was probably inadequate. Here’s the information you always needed.
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Lots of people have seen lots of bizarre events and phenomena that defy our conventional experience. But is there a scientific explanation?
Temperatures in the Sun’s core exceed 10 million degrees Celsius. But how on Earth did we actually come to know that?
Financial setbacks are more common than you might think.