At the farthest limits of the observable universe lies a boundary defined by the oldest light that exists. Scientists can detect it, measure it, and map it, but they cannot go beyond it or see what ...

The mood already appears to be turning against the earnest coach with the fashionable glasses and box-fresh trainers The temptation is always to make excuses for Chelsea. They have a young and ...

President Donald Trump has spent a lifetime talking himself out of tough spots. But in the war with Iran, his trusty technique of sowing confusion to postpone reckonings is beginning to fail. Ten days ...

Michael Pollan's widely anticipated new book, A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness, brings his signature acumen and wit to one of science's essential mysteries. Along the way, he pursues ...

If you are leasing a car, what’s the point of paying thousands of dollars due at lease signing? My contract says tax, title, fees and licensing — but then wouldn’t I have to pay that again at the end ...

Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring ...

Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational functionalism, which treats cognition as something you can fully explain ...

In many submerged regions, murky mud shelters strange life-forms that seem to be the key to one of the biggest mysteries of life on Earth. These creatures belong to a domain of life called the archaea ...

Politics. Football. And now – AI? Add artificial intelligence to the potential sources of Thanksgiving dinner quarrels this year. Maybe Uncle Larry wants to know if the robots are coming for your job.

Some of the most beautiful sights in nature are also mysterious. There are sand dunes that seem to sing and a dazzlingly pink lake in Australia. While researchers have theories for many of them, ...

Seven years ago, I took a bet from one of the most controversial figures in the scientific world. Charles Murray, the political scientist who—along with the late psychologist Richard Herrnstein—wrote ...