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An interactive “globe of notability” shows the curious correspondences and the strange landscape of global fame.

Jupiter’s mysterious auroral events are caused by vibrating waves of plasma.

Until recently, we were only able to view Venus’s surface with radar or by landing on the planet. It was believed that Venus’s surface was entirely obscured by clouds; NASA’s Parker Solar Probe proved otherwise.

One patient’s surprising results have experts cautiously optimistic.

When “superstar” companies start to dominate their industries, consumers sometimes benefit.

Measurements of the acceleration of the universe don’t agree, stumping physicists working to understand the cosmic past and future. A new proposal seeks to better align these estimates — and is likely testable.

With a bigger, better, and more sensitive detector, the XENON collaboration joins LZ and PANDA-X in constraining WIMP dark matter.

Amplifying the energy within a laser, over and over, won’t get you an infinite amount of energy. There’s a fundamental limit due to physics.

Every time our Universe cools below a critical threshold, we fall out of equilibrium. That’s the best thing that ever happened to us.

A decade ago, scientists weren’t able to confidently connect any individual weather event to climate change, even though the warming trends were clear.

Quantum theory has weird implications. Trying to explain them just makes things weirder.

The last naked-eye Milky Way supernova happened way back in 1604. The next one could be the key to solving the dark matter mystery.

Is it true that half of disaster relief is motivated politically rather than by need?

Cancer cells seem to have a harder time growing among pair-bonded mice, according to a new study that explored the “widowhood effect.”

Could a theory from the science of perception help crack the mysteries of psychosis?

Discover the history of homemade sugar skulls, home altars, and fantastical spirit animals.

Ever wondered what oxytocin receptor proteins sound like?

About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]

Artist Seán Doran recently created more than eight hours of high-definition video using images captured by Japan’s SELENE lunar orbiter.

We think of physical reality as what objectively exists, independent of any observer. But relativity and quantum physics say otherwise.

There’s more to miracles than turning water into wine.

Forgetting and misremembering are the building blocks of creativity and imagination.

Soft skills training can help develop transformation-ready employees and equip entire organizations to adapt to an unpredictable future.

Today, alcohol is as important as candy to the Halloween economy.

With the huge growth in satellites, fears of a crowded sky are coming true.

For some reason, the bodies of deceased monks stay “fresh” for a long time.

Online Shinto communities have existed since the birth of the internet as we know it.

GPS holds the key, but astronomers can’t do it without help. Since 2019, the night sky — as seen by both human eyes and the telescopes we use to enhance our views of […]

Philosopher Lee McIntyre discusses the dangers of disinformation, how such falsehoods spread, and what we can do about it.

There could be variables beyond the ones we’ve identified and know how to measure. But they can’t get rid of quantum weirdness.