The heroic days of deciphering hieroglyphics and cuneiform make for great stories, but will we ever see that happen again?

Long believed to be particularly associated with males, new research is revolutionising our understanding of autism ...

What is the highest goal our lives can achieve? Paul Tillich and Mark Van Doren’s insights from the 1950s are illuminating ...

In probing whether there are basic sex differences in humans, a psychologist and a biologist agree to seriously disagree ...

With electron microscopes that magnify butterfly wings 50,000 times their original size, a hidden ‘topography’ emerges ...

Inspired by Japanese master artists, a woodcut printmaker is constantly reimagining the landscapes of his California home ...

Physicists today need to jettison the all-too-attractive myth that they are uncovering the hidden reality of our Universe ...

Hyenas stage mock brawls, cats spin in circles chasing their tails, octopuses play push-and-pull with bottles, dogs bury ...

Vova and Roma, two Ukrainian boys, spend their summer in the ever-present shadow of war in this affecting short film ...