Dončić has been out since Christmas as he recovers from a calf injury. Since then, he unassumingly became the nexus of a ...

The Northwestern states in America often experience odd weather patterns due to the high altitude and bitterly cold ...

Our own planet represents a tiny fraction of the peculiar phenomena that can be found lurking throughout the cosmos, and every day astronomers turn up new surprises. In this gallery, we take a look at ...

The event is designated EP240408a, as it was first detected by the Einstein Probe, an X-ray space telescope, on 8 April 2024. At a glance, it appeared to be a run-of-the-mill gamma ray burst, which ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have gathered here to track flu viruses in the bird population, hoping to catch early signs of potentially dangerous outbreaks.  This year, however, researchers ...

What is "inverse prioritization" and how do we counter the forces that seek to undermine our best intentions—personally and ...

As tomorrow morning, many of us will perhaps be hitting that snooze button an extra time or two, since the country will be celebrating the much-loved feast of St Paul's Shipwreck, I wish to take the ...

Is materialism stealing your joy? This post explores the science of desire and offers paths to a more fulfilling life.

If you’ve ever cooked pasta, you’ve probably noticed the faint, whitish ring of salt deposits left behind in your pot. It’s a ...

Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers, has died. He was 92.

The year was 1900 and Max Planck was a young physicist working on the problem of blackbody radiation . This was an intense ...

Many times here in recent years, I’ve expressed my wonderment at a psychological phenomenon I’ve witnessed in these times.