Why free thought has died on university campuses.

All the planets, asteroids, and Kuiper belt objects out there all point to the same conclusion: it’s giant impacts or no moons at all. Out of all the rocky planets […]

You can incorporate these science-backed activities into your evening routine tonight.

It was "one of the most complex and intricate endeavors" SpaceX has ever undertaken.

A new study re-assesses multitasking.

Attenborough told the audience at COP24 that climate change is "our greatest threat in thousands of years."

Who would have thought that endlessly comparing your life to others would make you feel bad?

Back with another one of those block(chain)-rockin' reads.

Ketamine is showing promise in alleviating suicidal thoughts.

The first list of antidepressant food scores restructures the "standard" American diet.

Why this $600 million business isn't about money.

Galaxies are found uniformly everywhere in the Universe, except in the Milky Way’s plane. Here’s why. From the time of their very first discovery, the Universe’s grand spirals have puzzled astronomers. […]

Populism: The "overnight" problem 40 years in the making

The Dalai Lama is important, so important that he might decide not to come back after his next death.

What do the "seduction movement," the Virginia Tech shooter, and the Asian-American experience have in common? Wesley Yang thinks and writes with devastating clarity about loneliness, invisibility, and the incoherence of American life.

Opinion ruined journalism and Facebook killed truth—but there's a way to make it right.

We can go to deeper and deeper levels, finding more fundamental quantities as we do. But is there a truly fundamental quantity? What is the Universe, at a fundamental level, […]

Anchorage was rocked by back-to-back earthquakes on Friday morning, prompting a tsunami warning.

There are many ways to posit the fundamental nature of reality.

It's likely one of the biggest data breaches in corporate history.