As Homer tells us, Odysseus made an epic journey, against the odds, from Troy to his home in Ithaca. He visited many lands, ...

This is one of the most fascinating unsolved problems in cosmology, and it almost never gets talked about outside of research ...

The most massive land animals in the world all eat little stuff: grass and leaves. And almost all of the most massive aquatic ...

My ex once told me, mid-argument, that I was the most unempathetic person he’d ever met. It was a low blow. I’m a clinical psychologist. Empathy is literally my job. What he probably didn’t know – and ...

A Massachusetts-based fusion company took another step this week in its race to become the first to get the same power fueling the sun and stars onto the US electrical grid. Commonwealth Fusion ...

The World Stroke Organization is warning that climate change poses an escalating threat to brain health, with extreme heat in ...

Many plastic products are designed to be used only once, yet the material itself lasts for years. But a new strategy is ...

The Fourth Edition of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, just published by the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) and ...

Scientists have shown that evolution has used the same genetic ‘cheat sheet’ for over 120 million years, suggesting that life ...

Researchers have identified previously unknown materials, including a new form of a widely studied clean-energy material, by ...

Forgetting is usually seen as a flaw in the human brain. But neuroscientist Oliver Hardt argues that forgetting is in fact crucial for some of the most important parts of our brain function. If you ...