The accelerating expansion of the universe is usually explained by an invisible force known as dark energy. But a new study ...

The Dark Forest theory is one proposed solution to the famed Fermi Paradox, which has bewitched astronomers for more than half a century. To put it concisely, the paradox asks if the cosmos is nearly ...

Scott Kreamer reveals how they brought Netflix's animated sequel series to a natural conclusion alongside the events and characters of 'Jurassic World: Dominion.' By Abbey White Associate Editor & ...

Last week, the two top officials at the National Institutes of Health—the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research—debuted a new plan to help Americans weather the next pandemic: getting ...

Experts weigh in on whether those viral TikTok tests are a real litmus for a couple’s connection. By Catherine Pearson Layne Berthoud, an occupational therapist who lives in Los Angeles, did not ...

For various, typically historical reasons, even the best physicists claim things that sound egregious to modern observers. That doesn’t necessarily mean these ideas are completely useless—if anything, ...

Guest - J. Bryan Nugen. LIFE Ahead on Wednesdays at 7:30pm. LIFE Ahead is this area’s only weekly call-in resource devoted to offering an interactive news & discussion forum for adults. Hosted by ...

Why do people get sick? Ask Robert F. Kennedy Jr., America’s highest-ranking public-health official, and he may chalk it up to their terrain. For centuries, doctors and scientists have agreed that ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, connects quantum mechanics to infinitely intricate mathematical structures. Hofstadter was ...