At COP30, Indigenous leaders came with a message the world can’t ignore: 5% of the global population is safeguarding 80% of Earth’s biodiversity. A $1.8B pledge was made to support their land rights — but will the money follow their lead?

One big goal of science is to find an inhabited, Earth-like planet. But if we find an Earth-like world, will we even recognize it?

Military satellite research brought us GPS. Astronomers influenced medical imaging tech. What would be invented after we discover alien life? Professor Sara Seager explains the consequences of such a groundbreaking discovery.

Many reactions emit energy, often in large amounts, but cosmic efficiency is another metric altogether. Here's how to maximize your output.

The benefits of mathematical literacy reach far beyond the realm of numbers and equations.

The unanswered questions about sex, love, and pregnancy in space could shape the future of humanity more than we think.

The Universe is expanding, the expansion is accelerating, and some galaxies even recede faster-than-light. Can we see a change in real time?

Chris Miller explains the hidden reason that global superpowers are obsessed with Taiwan.

In this excerpt from The Laws of Thought, Tom Griffiths shares how George Boole developed a mathematical theory of logic.

Even the most brilliant mind in history couldn't have achieved all he did without significant help from the minds of others.

Before Sun-like stars die, they transition from AGB red giants into preplanetary nebulae. Here's how Hubble sees the famous Egg Nebula.

Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit taught us how to separate good science from the work of charlatans. In 2026, that matters more than ever.

AI is not a rupture in history, but a continuation of intelligence emerging where information becomes systematically arranged.

No claim has even made it halfway up the Confidence of Life Detection (CoLD) scale, but 21st century science is just beginning to unfold.

Here in our modern Universe, it's cosmic dust that forms planets, complex molecules, and enables life. But how did the Universe create it?

Writer and media theorist Bogna Konior connects cosmos and computer by reconsidering our eerily silent Universe.

13.8 billion years have passed since the Big Bang, but many stars will survive for longer than that. What's the longest-lived a star can be?

Astronomer Jill Tarter explains why SETI is really about technology, patience, and learning how to tell alien signals from our own.

Even at its faintest, Venus always outshines every other star and planet that's visible from Earth, and then some!

Many collaborations have used JWST to take deep-field images: some wider and some deeper than others. Here's how it can surpass them all.

A century ago, quantum physics overthrew our view of a deterministic Universe. A profound 21st century theorem closes the door even further.

Why we should balance innovation with stewardship — while reframing the “techno-optimists versus doomers” polarization.

30 years ago, we didn’t know other stars had planets orbiting them. Now, we may be on the verge of finding Earth’s Twin. Sara Seager explains.

At the upper limits of what's energetically possible, cosmic rays still persist. What happens if a human gets hit by the most energetic one?

The revival of Pasto Varnish shows how living heritage can survive if knowledge is passed on in time.

Many top performers start behind — and overtake the early leaders later.

Our great hope is that today's indirect, astrophysical evidence will someday lead to successful direct detection. What if that's impossible?

Not all knowledge carries over.

Just like animals, galaxies often have bizarre, unusual, or even unique properties. But finding many, all at once, really does raise alarms.

Ernst Stromer discovered Spinosaurus in Egypt. His fossils were destroyed in WWII, yet still shape how we imagine this mysterious dinosaur today.