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If the Universe is expanding, and the expansion is accelerating, what does that tell us about the cause of the expanding Universe?

Guess which country has 269% inflation.

Freethink’s weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring a stranded space factory, Jeff Bezos’ new moon lander, and more.

Use words with plosives and affricates if you really want to make sure everyone knows you mean business.

A new study provides the most detailed look at brains on psychedelics to date.

AI was key to making Moderna’s COVID mRNA vaccine. Its role in mRNA therapeutics will rapidly grow in the coming years.

In the night sky for March of 2022, only stars and the Moon, not planets, will greet you. The real show, however, arrives just before dawn.

Uncover the high cost of raising a family and discover strategies to make it more manageable and rewarding.

The milestone puts us one step closer to ending the organ shortage.

Nearly 2000 years ago, Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii but incinerating Herculaneum. The most lethal volcanic phenomenon is at fault.

It can write 5-minute songs based on short text prompts.

Every astrobiologist wants to find an alien. But the public should be skeptical when the “aliens” look like tiny humans.

Follow your nose all the way home.

Historically, periods of mass flourishing are underpinned by technological revolutions. Currently, we are undergoing a technological revolution unlike anything the world has ever seen.

London’s busiest airport seems to be rebounding well from the pandemic — but Istanbul has better prospects in the long run.

New memories appear to be stabilized in the brain by a neurotransmitter called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).

Cognitive psychologist and poet Keith Holyoak explores whether artificial intelligence could ever achieve poetic authenticity.

Looking up at the night sky gives us a glimpse of the Universe beyond our terrestrial concerns. Here’s what’s out there.

Take a peek at the pre-release images used to calibrate and commission JWST’s coldest instrument, now ready for full science operations.

This was largely a philosophical question until 2005, when a surgical team in France performed the first partial face transplant.

Fathers’ brains adjust their structure and function to parenthood.

If a person stands little chance of ever being wealthy, perhaps playing the lottery is a rational decision.

Tardigrades can completely dehydrate and later rehydrate themselves, a survival trick that scientists are harnessing to preserve medicines in hot temperatures.

I think, therefore I am (rich).

This is the latest study to confirm that the brain does not fully mature until at least the third decade of life.

New ideas inevitably face opposition. A new book called “The Human Element” argues that overcoming opposition requires understanding the concepts of “Fuel” and “Friction.”

Voyage into the lawless world of experimental literature.

A brief look at the six-decade challenge to psychiatry.

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works engineering division has devised many jaw-dropping aircraft. Here are some of the best — and one ship.

We often assume that movement means progress and that doing something is better than doing nothing. That is often not true.