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

New research from the University of Granada found that stress could help determine sex.

A volley of new insights reignites the debate over whether our choices are ever truly our own.

The key? A computational flattening algorithm.

Research suggests that emotional intelligence is more vital for success than IQ.

If we waited long enough, would even protons themselves decay? The far future stability of the Universe depends on it.

Mathematics and religion both embody awe-inspiring, eternal truths.

There is no rule that will force Omicron or another COVID variant to become less deadly over time, but there is reason for hope.

Mutations that confer malaria resistance occur more frequently in people who live in regions where the disease is endemic.

Hubble showed us what our modern day Universe looks like. JWST’s big goal was to teach us how the Universe grew up. Here’s where we are now.

Bite into a miracle berry and you’ll perceive intense sweetness — but only after you eat something acidic, too.

And why you, a non-expert, should absolutely not consider “explaining what you know” to an actual expert in the field.

The concept of ‘relativistic mass’ has been around almost as long as relativity has. But is it a reasonable way to make sense of things?

Experiencing too much pleasure and not enough pain may yield counterintuitive consequences.

Think you can solve it? One mathematician has already offered about $1,000 and a bottle of champagne to whoever cracks it first.

SpinLaunch’s launcher, which is larger than the Statue of Liberty and works like the Olympic hammer-throw event, just came online in the New Mexico desert.

Most people have a distorted view of what being a scientist is like. Scientists need to make a greater effort to challenge stereotypes.

Standard probiotics cannot compare to the diversity that your microbes have.

Which is good, because if they do, they violate the cosmological principle. In theory, the Universe should be the same, on average, everywhere. A simulation of the large-scale structure of […]

If you go young, blue, and massive, you top out at 50,000 K. That’s peanuts! Surprise! The biggest, most massive stars aren’t always the hottest. Although its neighbor, Messier 42, […]

Step one, start with a trial separation.

The controversy over the universe’s expansion rate continues with a new, faster estimate.

There are a few clues that the Universe isn’t completely adding up. Even so, the standard model of cosmology holds up stronger than ever.

Over the coming decades, over 100,000 new satellites are expected. For countless millennia, whenever we were faced with a clear, cloudless, moonless night, all of humanity was able to witness […]

How can researchers map something as complex as the human brain?

Science journals may be lowering their standards to publish studies with eye-grabbing — but probably incorrect — results.

Engineers borrowed the maple tree’s “helicopter” to design tiny, flying microchips, which perform various tasks while in whirling free fall.

A study looks at how to use nuclear detonations to prevent asteroids from hitting Earth.

Innovative thinking has done away with problems that long dogged the electric devices — and both scientists and environmentalists are excited about the possibilities.

Truth needs us to define the rules, grammar, and criteria for true statements. But can we do this within language itself?