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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

A common knee surgery for cartilage damage does not benefit patients and may lead to worse outcomes, a 10-year trial suggests. The study tracked outcomes for patients treated for a meniscus tear, who ...

Mark and Jesse’s year-long study of East River eDNA “Biomonitoring in the Anthropocene: Urban estuary environmental DNA ...