In this episode of Big Ideas, from the team behind Deep Look, Niba zooms out to explore one of evolution’s biggest plot twists: how eggs evolved, how they conquered land, and why ...

This week alone, roughly 80,000 Americans will turn 65. Over the next two years, more than four million will join Medicare. Many live with chronic pain, inflammation, insomnia, ...

(via SciShow) If you ever complained about having nothing to do as a kid, our mom may have told you that being bored is good for you. And it turns out, she was right.... mostly. There's more than one ...

This week alone, roughly 80,000 Americans will turn 65. Over the next two years, more than four million will join Medicare. Many live with chronic pain, inflammation, insomnia, anxiety, or the side ef ...

Why are stop lights red? The common explanation about red light traveling farther through fog is actually wrong. The real ...

A new kind of blood test promises to find cancer early – sometimes even before symptoms appear. The pitch is compelling: a single sample of blood could scan the body for dozens of different can ...

Earth has been around for 4.543 billion years. At numerous times during that long history, our planet has shared itself with the rest of the Solar System, particularly with our immediate neighbors. Sc ...

Most of the universe is not made of stars, galaxies, or beautiful glowing nebulae. Instead, the majority of it is what seems to be vast, silent emptiness. Huge cosmic voids stretching ...