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Aliens are often portrayed in popular culture as humanoid. But in reality, intelligent extraterrestrials might take far stranger forms.
Step back from the AI maelstrom and explore Lem’s "Summa Technologiae" for a detached look at technology’s role in human evolution.
What the breakthrough methods of laboratory research can teach the business world about brainstorming.
The transformational change driven by AI will elevate neurodiversity inclusion as an organizational asset, argues Maureen Dunne.
The majority of the matter in our Universe isn't made of any of the particles in the Standard Model. Could the axion save the day?
Forensics has reached the final frontier, and could be used to solve future space accidents—or crimes.
This map samples some of the digits that make up the DDC system, invented by the brilliant but flawed Melvil Dewey.
More than 90% of sexually active men will be infected with human papillomavirus in their lifetime. The virus may reduce fertility.
The old certainties of “business as usual” have been crushed by disruption — here's a strategy for resilience.
The Universe is 13.8 billion years old, going back to the hot Big Bang. But was that truly the beginning, and is that truly its age?
Susannah Fox, former chief technology officer for the HHS, explains how technology has empowered us to help fill in the cracks of the healthcare system.
The center of the galaxy doesn't just host stars and a black hole, but an enormous set of rich gassy and dusty features. Find out more!
The "first cause" problem may forever remain unsolved, as it doesn’t fit with the way we do science.
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Why most billionaires aren’t geniuses and most geniuses aren’t billionaires, explained by political scientist Brian Klaas.
Although human beings arrived on Earth just ~300,000 years ago, we've transformed the entire planet completely. Here's how we did it.
Well-preserved ancient plants and other finds at the Clarkia fossil beds hint at what kind of evidence any Martian life may have left behind.
From before the Big Bang to Voyager 1, particle physicist Harry Cliff takes us on a whiz-bang tour of the Universe's evolution.
The technology is not a replacement for human labor — it's a way to complement existing human tasks.