A mathematician analyzed 150 years of women’s fashion to understand 20-year trend cycles, and how “optimal distinctiveness” drives change.

How a particle accelerator, a robot, high-speed cameras, and 2,000 ants came together to paint a picture of biological ...

Rocky the alien is the breakout star of the movie adaptation of "Project Hail Mary." Plus, how a particle accelerator, a ...

Science fiction nerds, rejoice: The long-awaited adaptation of “Project Hail Mary” is in theaters now. The 2021 book is considered one of the best science fiction books of the 21st century (and ...

In honor of Einstein's birthday, we're revisiting a 2013 conversation with physicist and author A. Douglas Stone about ...

Scientists are working to create "digital twins" of patients that they can test treatments on, in hopes of delivering personalized health care.

Elizabeth Kolbert has been writing about the environment for decades. And right now, she isn't feeling optimistic.

An environmental reporter joins a research team trying to attach recording devices to sperm whales, in hopes of decoding their calls.

With science and good luck, 158 young tortoises were reintroduced to Floreana Island in the Galapagos. Plus, an ancient sea turtle stampede.