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In 2004, I started running. Like some British Forrest Gump, I put on some cheap trainers and went jogging out into the night. But unlike Forrest, I found myself bent over and wheezing into some bushes...
To live a fulfilling life, we need to have a grasp on our personal values, what lights us up as individuals, and how to connect to ourselves and our communities. Exploring my individual creative expre...
We tend to think of animals as survival machines, their every action designed to help them avoid threats, fulfill needs, and find mates. But what are we to make of a crow that repeatedly places a disc...
I was in St Albans, England, walking through the sunny park leading up to the cathedral, when I saw a small boy rolling down the hill in the grass. I felt something unexpected: jealousy. I wish that w...
Fictional though they are, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn exemplify a lost truth about American kids up until the 1880s: Childhood was wild. Like millions of their real-life contemporaries, the...
Children, like all mammals, are born completely dependent on adults for survival. The primary task of childhood is to grow increasingly independent of this care, and so they are also born with instinc...
Since the days of ancient Greece, thinkers have grappled with the mystery of why humans and other animals play. Survival is hard, so why waste energy? Over the years, theories have ranged from Plato’s...
I remember sitting in class as a kid, struggling to pay attention while my teacher explained fractions. But at home, I could play Age of Empires for five hours straight — managing civilizations, balan...
What happens when you lose all of your customers at once? In 1978, that’s exactly what happened to Garbellotto S.p.A., one of Italy’s oldest and most celebrated barrel-makers. Founded in 1...
Neptune has a complicated life story, and its moon Nereid might be the only one left standing from the planet’s multibillion-year history.
A study published in July 2025 claimed the Centaur AI model could simulate and predict human behavior with astonishing accuracy. A counter study raises doubts.
A technique that has rewritten the timeline of prehistoric art may be overestimating the ages of cave paintings, some scientists say.
Dead seal pups on a Canadian island have been found with mysterious spiral-shaped injuries for years. The wounds were thought to be the work of sharks or boat propellers, but new research confirms a d...
A "foundational" study found that the brains of children with ADHD matured later, but that finding was likely a mirage tied to issues with how the children were followed over time.
Experts say the Ebola outbreak raging in Central Africa could be challenging to contain due to ongoing conflict in the region and a lack of vaccines and international aid.
Researchers have warned that the Thwaites Glacier, one of the largest glaciers in the world, is about to lose its eastern ice shelf. We spoke to marine geophysicist Robert Larter about what this means...
Two pairs of 'rogue' Jupiter-size, planet-like objects have been found in a large star-forming region in the Milky Way, a new study claims. The findings suggest the weird objects actually do exist, an...
A dependable and sharp 6-inch GoTo telescope with sharp views and basic imaging potential, but with dated tech that’s a bit slow to set up.
Researchers want stricter testing, better labels and accurate dosages for a wildly popular sleep aid that comes with some risks.
Material scientists in China have created a new kind of coating that keeps clothes clean without the need for wasteful detergents. It could reduce the water and electricity costs of doing laundry by 8...