Human Factors
We often call it a "gut feeling," but intuition may begin in the brain and body…
Your brain is constantly collecting signals you'll never consciously notice—and deploying them as whispers disguised as hunches.
Earth & Life
Deep beneath the ocean floor lies a strange form of ice that can literally catch…
Scientists are racing to unlock an energy source that could power civilization for centuries—or accelerate climate catastrophe if it escapes.
Earth & Life
One night in 1986, a peaceful lake in Cameroon released an invisible cloud of…
Scientists still don't fully understand why some lakes can spontaneously suffocate entire communities with invisible gas, or how to prevent the next catastrophe.
Culture
When Tutankhamun's sealed tomb was opened after more than 3,000 years, a series of…
The pharaoh's curse became legend when a wealthy patron died shortly after the tomb's opening—but modern research reveals a far more mundane explanation lurking beneath a century of sensational headlines.
Human Factors
In the driest desert on Earth lies a landscape so hostile it resembles Mars
Where Earth's most hostile terrain becomes a window into the search for life on other worlds.
Universe
A giant planet was hiding in plain sight in one of astronomy's most-studied star…
The most surveyed star system on Earth kept its largest secret until scientists learned to look differently at decades of overlooked data.
Universe
On August 12, a total solar eclipse is about to plunge Greenland, Iceland, and…
For the first time in nearly three decades, mainland Europe will witness the sun vanish completely—a rare celestial event that will transform midday into twilight across three countries.
Space & Missions
Four astronauts just went farther from Earth than any human in history
A grieving astronaut's radio request from the edge of space reveals what really matters when you've touched the edge of human possibility.