Stephen Wolfram, a controversial physicist and computer scientist, has united relativity, quantum mechanics and computational complexity in a single theory of everything. But will other physicists be convinced? ...read more
It isn’t easy being a loner — but in the slime mold world, natural selection favors it. Populations wouldn’t survive without those who depart from the herd. ...read more
Archaeologists disagree on whether they’ve found the world’s oldest beer, or just bread. ...read more
Our sister world’s rapidly moving clouds have long fascinated astronomers. And in the last few decades, we’ve learned quite a bit about them. ...read more
Dinosaurs and humans have only coexisted in our imaginations. ...read more
New scanner developed at Texas A&M knows the answer. ...read more
Earth Day is all about lasting environmental change, after all. ...read more
The coronavirus pandemic is robbing some people of a chance to come together to mourn: a practice deeply embedded in many animal species. ...read more
Talk about a feces fable. ...read more
The environmental movement has reckoned with new choices and past failures since the very first Earth Day. ...read more