The hot Big Bang is often touted as the beginning of the Universe. But there’s one piece of evidence we can’t ignore that shows otherwise.

How scientists found out that we live in a cosmic aquarium.

Mass sociogenic illnesses can afflict thousands of people.

Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty reveals the secret to “good power.”

So far, two papers have been retracted, and a third is under investigation. Accusations of plagiarism appear convincing.

When supermassive black holes merge, they emit more energy than anything else to occur in our Universe except the Big Bang.

In all mammals, there are two brain pathways for processing information from the eyes: an evolutionarily ancient one and a more modern one.

Worldwide, 15% of children are born out of wedlock, but the figure varies from less than 1% in places like China to 69% in Iceland.

Many impact craters on Earth have been erased thanks to wind, water, and plate tectonics. But scientists have clever ways to find them.

The first “running machine” — later known as the bicycle — symbolizes a key design idea.

It’s the best-known transcendental number of all-time, and March 14 (3/14 in many countries) is the perfect time to celebrate Pi (π) Day!

Did fire change the development of the human brain?

Your five-year-old can probably spot a cop-out.

Virtually anyone can now create convincing deepfakes. That doesn’t mean you should.

The nature of civilizational threats has changed in a mere decade.

We can’t go back to the Big Bang, nor ahead to the heat death of the Universe. Nevertheless, here are today’s natural temperature extremes.

The restoration of public confidence is crucial for strong democratic governance around the world.

A deadly myth has been manufactured from poor methods and wishful thinking.

Master creative thinking in 90 minutes, with expert Tiago Forte.

Civil engineer Martin Lebek has a brilliant plan to redress the world’s phosphorus imbalance.

Somewhere out there in the Universe is the heaviest neutron star, and elsewhere lies the lightest black hole. Where’s the line between them?

Quelle horreur! Paris isn’t just a 15-minute city; it’s a five-minute city.

Frugality can also benefit the environment.

Depression might be similar to dreaming.

Are anti-workers the lazy children of privilege or the brave vanguard of a utopic upheaval?

“The Tao of the wise is to work without effort.”

“Like real dreams, it does not explain, does not complete its sequences,” film critic Roger Ebert once wrote about “Mulholland Drive.”

The formula for rational thinking explained by Steven Pinker.

Two very different ideas, wormholes and quantum entanglement, might be fundamentally related. What would “ER = EPR” mean for our Universe?

Cosmic origins remain a mystery.