Is there life elsewhere, or is Earth unique in the universe? This is one of humanity’s great unanswered questions. One way to approach this mystery is to investigate how life began here on Earth. Our ...

In the last few years, there’s been a lot of interest in calorie-restricted diets for weight loss. These can vary significantly, from intermittent fasting (where you restrict eating to a certain ...

The Therizinosauria group of dinosaurs had a very distinctive look. These animals walked on two legs and boasted small, beaked heads at the end of long necks, a covering of feathers, and some of the ...

If you’ve ever lost some pocket change, it’s possible it could one day resurface as part of an archaeological study. Archaeologists began excavating beneath the walled garden of the Palazzo della ...

Our digital age presents a paradox, says Icelandic sociologist Vidar Halldorsson. Though humans are more connected and accessible to one another in a global and immediate way, our ability to actually ...

Speech contains a lot of information in it besides just the content of your words. Pauses, tone, emphasis, and more can convey a lot of meaning on their own. But according to a new paper published in ...

How are your knees doing? Do they crackle like a campfire when you get off the couch? Do they send sharp, nagging pains reminding you to sit down if you’ve been standing too long? “Unlike the joints ...

As summer wanes, we’re entering curl-up-with-a-good-book-in-a-cozy-nook season. Bring it on, I say. All the better if it’s a nice, meaty title that gives your grey matter something to chew over. These ...

Most people who develop Alzheimer’s disease are women. In fact, women account for two-thirds of all Alzheimer’s patients—a higher proportion than can be explained merely by their longer lifespans. So ...

From the age of three, the 12th Century nun, mystic, poet and composer Hildegard von Bingen had dazzling visions of shimmering points of light and falling stars, which she recorded in detail in her ...

This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine. Peter Jones once treated a patient with strikingly vivid hallucinations of animals. During ward visits, the patient would stroke and interact ...