Science

On the Pacific coast, Huu-ay-aht First Nation has followed the stars for centuries. Now they’re safeguarding them for future generations

Many stars in our galaxy exist in pairs. Now scientists are finding clues that our Sun may once have had a companion of its own. The question is, where did it go?

The possibilities of pigmentation are endless.

The origins of the decoration lie in Vienna’s 17th district, where the inventor’s descendants are still making them for collectors around the world.

We need early warnings, stronger seawalls, and people who know the risks.

Attachment styles are a popular way to understand how people experience relationships and why they might struggle to be vulnerable with loved ones.

Researchers at Google have built a chip that has enabled them to demonstrate the first ‘below threshold’ quantum calculations — a key milestone in the quest to build quantum computers that are accurate enough to be useful.

Artificial intelligence often gets criticized because it makes up information that appears to be factual, known as hallucinations. The plausible fakes have roiled not only chatbot sessions but lawsuits and medical records.

You will never be able to prove every mathematical truth. For me, this incompleteness theorem, discovered by Kurt Gödel, is one of the most incredible results in mathematics.

As a clinical psychologist and researcher, I love learning about the science of happiness. Nothing brings me happiness like studies about well-being: how to increase it, how to maintain it, how to spread it to others. There’s just one, pesky little problem: Many of these studies are nonsense.