One player’s pawn is another’s farmer. And at one time, the queen was a rather powerless virgin.

Known as primordial black holes, they could thoroughly change our Universe's history. But the evidence is strongly against them.

Water on Mars is key for human survival on the Red Planet, not just for drinking but for growing food and making fuel and oxygen.

When we satisfy our curiosity, the brain has a particular way of rewarding us.

Even with leap years and long-term planning, our calendar won't be good forever. Here's why, and how to fix it.

A divergence in mortality rates between U.S. states suggests that public health policy plays a substantial role in how long people live.

Haters and disrespect aside, fruitcake is still a robust American tradition.

The gospels imply that Jesus became famous as much for his exorcisms as his ministry.

For consumers of festive beverages, the news is bad: this holiday season, Guinness may not be on tap and glass for bottling wine is scarce. Climate disasters, like British Columbia’s floods, have further weakened already […]

Ever felt sad during the holidays but weren't sure why? Chances are you were suffering from a case of Christmas Blues.

The German-American cartoonist introduced the idea that Santa Claus traveled with a sleigh and reindeer.

Just don't expect the apocalypse to look like it does in the movies.

We don't know with 100% certainty where SARS-CoV-2 first came from or how it first infected humans. But not all options are equally likely.

With launch, deployment, calibration, and science operations about to commence, here are 10 facts that are absolutely true.

For relatives who live far apart, holiday rituals may be the glue that holds the family together.

In her 2020 book, "The Alchemy of Us," Ainissa Ramirez explores how important material inventions shaped the course of human experience.

In America, Cup Noodles has succeeded by hiding its Japanese roots.

Or you might just be a Leo.

People can lose their authentic selves when they don't honestly confront life's potential, according to the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.

The photometric filters for the Vera Rubin Observatory are complete and showcase why they are indispensable for astronomy.

It's that time of year when the hours of meticulous wrapping of Christmas toys are viciously undone in seconds by tiny children.

Americans have a lower life expectancy than people in other rich countries despite paying much more for healthcare. We explore the number of factors which might explain this difference.

Just as storylines make sense only when you have the context of the beginning and the end, listeners need to understand the impetus for why the album was even made.

France is split in two by its very own "desert," the Empty Diagonal. The area’s depopulation is fairly recent, and Paris is to blame.

Life arose on Earth very early on. After a few billion years, here we are: intelligent and technologically advanced. Where's everyone else?

In the most extreme cases, spiraling prices can lead to a collapse in a currency’s value.

Astrophysicists once believed in a static Universe, containing only the Milky Way galaxy. Science definitively proved otherwise.

Successful constructive criticism is as much about mindset as methods.

Society incorrectly blamed a "population bomb” for problems that had other causes. A wrong diagnosis produces ineffective solutions.

The number of people with whom we interact is highest around 40, but then things change substantially after that.