Nature

In the 2004 film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a heartbroken man played by Jim Carrey undergoes an experimental treatment to erase memories of his ex-girlfriend, played by Kate...

The lights in the sky above us—the sun, the moon, and the panoply of countless stars—have surely been a source of wonder since long before recorded history. Ingenious efforts to...

Last summer, in the early days of a heat wave that would culminate in the highest temperatures ever recorded in Paris, I biked across the city to meet my friend...

This summer, NASA’s Perseverance rover will set out on a voyage to the edge of the Jezero crater on Mars. The goal of the mission is to learn more about...

Patrick Whittle, Associated Press Updated 3:07 pm CDT, Tuesday, July 21, 2020 The Orca is headed back to the waters of New England, but this time, its mission isn't to hunt...

A Mars mission from the UAE just launched to the Red Planet.  The Hope Probe will orbit Mars for a full Martian year, studying the planet’s atmosphere as well as...

Partly because people think of experts as oracles, as opposed to experimenters and exploiters of trial and error, there’s a presumption that either the experts know what is the best...

On a June morning in 1908, above a sleepy forest in the Siberian Taiga plush with larches, spruces, and black bears, something flashed so bright and hot in the sky...

Resume Reading — The Trouble with Counting Alien Civilizations Close You've read 1 of 2 free monthly articles. Learn More. Close Life on Earth is a sketchy guide to intelligent life...

Dear Bella,I’m going to imitate Rudyard Kipling and tell you a just-so story. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the world 100 years ago. He wrote The...