A recent study suggests that participation in online extremist communities may be driven by the search for basic human ...

The Moon has long been cast as a dead world, a place of dust, vacuum and brutal temperature swings that no living thing could ...

Viewed this way, a definition is a decision mechanism. It distinguishes some elements of the universe from the others. Hence ...

Brain organoids are revolutionising research, but their growing complexity raises unsettling ethical questions.

The report released Tuesday likens the situation to the “Great Divergence” of the industrial revolution, when many Western ...

The discovery of strange, ultra-red objects—especially the extreme case known as The Cliff—has pushed astronomers to propose an entirely new type of cosmic structure: black hole stars. These exotic ...

Most adults like to think they’re pretty smart — until a simple trivia question knocks them straight off their high horse. The truth is, even the most basic facts can slip through the cracks thanks to ...

Could “fatty” or “starchy” one day become accepted as the sixth basic taste alongside the likes of sweet and salty?

UC San Diego says it’s struggling to deal with a large and growing number of freshmen whose math skills are below middle-school level, leaving many unprepared to thrive at an institution famed for its ...

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales stormed out of an interview after he was asked if he was the sole founder of the free internet encyclopedia. Wales, who co-founded Wikipedia in 2001 with Larry Sanger, ...

Bae Kyung-hoon, Minister of Science and ICT, answers questions during a national audit of the Ministry of Science and ICT, etc., at the Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee held at ...