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Our intuitive understanding of time is very different from a physicist’s understanding of time. How do we reconcile these views?

In the Saudi Arabian desert, the Al Naslaa rock formation looks completely unnatural. Its perfectly vertical split remains a mystery.

Can quantum computers do things that standard, classical computers can’t? No. But if they can calculate faster, that’s quantum supremacy.

Caffeine does something, but it’s not clear exactly what.

And her clothing tells an important story, says archeologist Rita Wright.

The region of Catalonia has been at odds with greater Spain for over 300 years. The prospect of autonomy remains a distant and fading dream.

A unique combination of DNA and silica is the strongest known material for its density (but you’ll need a lot of it before you can build a suit from it).

Research has found that words are more accurately heard when accompanied by hand gestures.

Most male mammals have little or nothing to do with their kids. Why is our own species different?

Exoplanet LP 791-18d is likely to have an atmosphere and liquid water.

A toxicologist explains the impacts of antidepressants on fish — and no, they’re not getting any happier.

The benefits of the psychedelic seem to last long after the trip wears off.

Is there an ultimate answer to the age-old question?

Modernism has lasted longer than any art movement since the Renaissance.

If we’re going to discuss oceanography and climate change, we should at least identify the currents correctly.

In war zones, aggressors steal art to eradicate the cultural heritage of others. Victims, meanwhile, sell stolen art in order to survive.

In just a few seconds, a gamma-ray burst blasts out the same amount of energy that the Sun will radiate throughout its entire life.

The architecture and infrastructure found may well have required the greatest amount of skilled labor of any construction from the same time period in the entire continent. 

Was the terror of Biscayne Bay a man who escaped slavery, an African chieftain, or a marketing ploy that went viral?

The Shirky Principle states that “institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.”

Let’s hope that squid don’t evolve lungs and legs, or humanity might be in real trouble.

Most American men who die by suicide do not have any known history of mental health problems. So, what is to blame?

Einstein tried to disprove quantum mechanics. Instead, a weird concept called entanglement showed that Einstein was wrong.

Recent high-profile instances of fraud in psychology have led some to wonder if there’s anything useful about the field at all.

On July 4, we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the discovery of the Higgs boson, the missing piece of the Standard Model of particle physics.

The stench of death is actually fairly pleasant.

When maps meet stamps, you get a love child called “cartophilately.”

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

His crime was so great, he was not only sentenced to death but his name was to be erased from memory.

When leaders connect enterprise ambition with the driving spirit of activism, everyone wins.