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From acclaimed novels to heretical treatises, sometimes a writer just doesn’t want to put their name on the cover.
Historically, astronomers have often named things creatively, bizarrely, and often inaccurately. But which terms are the most egregious?
The hidden story behind Greek surnames and how they trace family origins across the country — starting with the name of a would-be U.S. president.
From medieval myths to Shakespeare’s plays and modern cinema, British culture kept the Roman Empire alive long after its fall.
Have you ever noticed how many things you interact with but can’t name? So did we.
Before becoming America’s most infamous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was a magnetic actor who was beloved by audiences and courted by critics.
Some books are remembered for their lyrical prose or engaging stories. Others are remembered for simply being weird.
While death-bed utterances are more famous, baby’s first words have influenced us too.
Thanks to the Coriolis force, hurricanes never cross the equator.
In this preview from “The Saucerian,” author Gabriel Mckee explains how the combination of fantastical stories and obscure bureaucracy launched the “space age of the imagination.”
In this excerpt from “Agents of Change,” Christina Hillsberg tells the story of Martha “Marti” Peterson, the first female case officer stationed in Soviet Moscow.
If the Universe is 13.8 billion years old today, but different ages the farther we look back, what does it mean for a star to be the first?
Despite no experimental evidence showing that gravitons exist, they remain a respectable concept in the world of professional physicists.
From religious iconography to modern mysticism, the human aura has been a subject of fascination across centuries and cultures.
You want your baby’s name to be unique, but so does everyone else.
Groundbreaking invention does not always translate to commercial benefits. The challenges that faced Microsoft Research help explain why.
Historians Alexandra Churchill and Nicolai Eberholst reexamine the pivotal conflict from a grassroots perspective.
“Mainstream computing will start to shift from a race to develop increasingly powerful tools to a race to develop increasingly powerful abilities.”
We will believe in AGI when it calls on Facetime.
From Einstein to Twain, Garson O’Toole investigates the truth behind your favorite — and often misattributed — quotes.
Quarks and leptons are the smallest known subatomic particles. Does the Standard Model allow for an even smaller layer of matter to exist?
A member of a species that kills trees, this mushroom is not the first to be called the Humongous Fungus — and perhaps not the last.
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These books helped build the empirical case that life’s origins differ from those described in myths and legends.
As we shape our future we should ask: Which interpretations of classic sci-fi fables hold sway with today’s powerful tech leaders?
The promising new treatment builds on research that went into developing COVID vaccines.
This first-of-its-kind image offers a detailed look at the magnetic fields within the Central Molecular Zone.
In the 1970s, James Lovelock proposed that the biosphere was not just green scruff quivering on Earth’s surface. Instead, it managed to take over the geospheres.
The psychologist, educator, and former NBA player discusses the professional volumes and childhood stories that shaped his life and his approach to it.