Insomnia may have been torturing humanity since ancient times, but over the last 20 years scientists have made progress in ...

During the fall semester of 2025, I taught a graduate seminar entitled “Darwinian Thought and Society.” While teaching should ...

If you know one thing about atoms, it’s probably that they’re “mostly empty space.” but that’s not really true. It’s a myth ...

We all know the story. Dinosaurs were roaming the earth, happy as could be, and then our planet met a big asteroid. Thus ...

(via New Scientist) Most people think the multiverse is just about "what-if" scenarios – other versions of you where you took ...

Scientists have just discovered an entirely new way that DNA can be synthesized. The business of constructing DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, to give it its full name) usually requires a template that ...

Reaching the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, would take hundreds of thousands of years using current rocket propulsion ...

Physical activity is one of the most potent pro-longevity interventions currently available [2]. Rapamycin is the undisputed champion of small molecules for extending lifespan in animal models, ...

It seems as though stars have been shooting across the heavens far more than usual lately.

Imprisoned for heresy, Gerardus Mercator later created a map that transformed navigation forever. We explore why his ...

For too long, we have treated the creeping erosion of our vitality – that nagging sense that effort costs more and recovery takes longer – as a subjective, dismissible complaint. It’s the classic “I’m ...

How easily older adults can stand up from a chair may be a telling indicator of their overall quality of life. If they report difficulty rising to their feet after prolonged sitting, they are more ...