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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The heroic days of deciphering hieroglyphics and cuneiform make for great stories, but will we ever see that happen again? The Phaistos Disk: though undeciphered, the enigmatic disc repeats certain ...