Scientists once thought that planning required a primate brain. Experiments with birds are now proving that assumption wrong.
Research reveals why the habit of chasing metrics might be making you anxious. Here’s what real productivity actually looks like, according to a psychologist.
A pair of astronomers at the European Space Agency (ESA) discovered more than 800 previously undocumented “astrophysical anomalies” hiding in Hubble’s archives. To do so, researchers David O’Ryan and Pablo Gómez trained an AI model to comb through Hubble’s 35-year dataset, hunting for strange objects and flagging them for manual review. It’s “a treasure trove […]
Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging sign for a species whose population is estimated to be below 400.
The colossal winter storm that swept across 34 states left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. Bitterly cold temperatures lingering after Winter Storm Fern are still testing power grids, already under stress from a rush of new AI data centers. Over the weekend, wholesale electricity prices soared in Virginia, the state with the most […]
T Coronae Borealis, a star system 3,000 light-years away, is expected to erupt as a nova in June 2026, briefly becoming visible to the naked eye.
Why imagining who you once were can uncover how you think, act and relate today.
If emotional availability has started to feel like surveillance, it doesn’t mean intimacy has failed.
Deep penetration of cold temperatures and a coastal storm this weekend will bring “bomb cyclone” and “polar vortex” into your newsfeeds this week. Here’s why.
Research suggests that dolphins develop a lifelong vocal “name.” Here’s how they evolved this high level of social identity, once thought to be uniquely human.