More CPAs are retiring than are joining the field. What’s going on? Forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope explains.

Scientists have detected the somewhat smelly chemical dimethyl sulfide on a planet 120 light-years from Earth.

McDermitt Caldera, the site of an ancient volcanic eruption, straddles the border of Oregon and Nevada.

Frustrating failures sometimes lead to great breakthroughs.

Dark matter hasn't been directly detected, but some form of invisible matter is clearly gravitating. Could the graviton hold the answer?

In a psychedelic state, the relationship between your “narrative” and “minimal” selves seems to transform in unique ways.

Musical preferences are correlated with personality traits — and these connections are largely consistent across cultures and continents.

If you feel like you're missing out on something bigger, you might be feeling saṃvega.

Exercise neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki explains how your brain can age gracefully and optimally — and it starts with just a 10-minute walk.

A spherical structure nearly one billion light-years wide has been spotted in the nearby Universe, dating all the way back to the Big Bang.

Individuals and organizations can maintain a strong and enduring identity by repeatedly remaking themselves.

This is especially true for three key groups.

Quality down time is important for relationships. Here are three practical suggestions to create more of it.

The matter that creates black holes won't be what comes out when they evaporate. Will the black hole information paradox ever be solved?

Did they spend the money on themselves or others?

Sweet, bitter, salty, sour. These are the four basic tastes we were taught in grade school. But there is a fifth: umami. And it's everywhere.

Dive into seven texts that continue to shape Western philosophy, from ancient Mesopotamia to Greece's brightest minds.

In 1987, the closest supernova directly observed in nearly 400 years occurred. Will a pulsar arise from those ashes? JWST offers clues.

Experiments on suborbital rockets are revealing how to make a better iron furnace.

When it comes to predicting the energy of empty space, the two leading theories disagree by a factor of 100 googol quintillion.

The asteroid is expected to come within 140,000 miles of Earth — well inside the moon’s orbit.

Over a third are worried that vaccines can cause "canine autism."

“Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed," advised Stoic philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius. He had a point.

Jung thought these autonomous entities live in your unconscious mind — often at a cost.

Football is a risky sport, but bicycling to work is far more dangerous.

Throw away your history books — here’s what life in ancient Rome was really like, according to Cambridge scholar Mary Beard.

Three fundamental forces matter inside an atom, but gravity is mind-bogglingly weak on those scales. Could extra dimensions explain why?

Is mindfulness really the panacea it's touted to be, or are we glossing over some fundamental flaws?

A relatively new interpretation of quantum mechanics asks us to reimagine the process of science itself.

The anxieties underpinning the Great Resignation were simmering for a long time. Here’s a solution.