There is a dirty secret in publishing: most popular science books aren't fact-checked. This needs to change, says Michael ...

Cue the grousing: This was computer science, not physics or chemistry! Indeed, of the five laureates on Tuesday and Wednesday ...

Wood engineered for strength and safety offers architects an alternative to carbon-intensive steel and concrete.

The goal isn’t just to isolate consciousness or define it. It is for humans to understand and recalibrate along the lines of universal consciousness, the researchers say.

A 30-year-long study of a small population of marine snail shows how evolution can adapt to environmental changes quite ...

The search for shipwrecks at the bottom of Lake Michigan yielded something scientists weren’t quite expecting: massive ...

From Rocky Horror screenings to spooky immersive experiences, Denver is doing the monster mash all month long.

A new paper presents a take on the unified theory of general relativity and quantum physics that, sadly, goes nowhere. The ...

Quanta Magazine is an editorially independent online publication launched by the Simons Foundation in 2012 to enhance public understanding of science. Why Quanta? Albert Einstein called photons ...

Cuckoos, cowbirds, and other species outsource their parental duties. Scientists are uncovering new twists in this sneaky—and ...

To understand the origins of multicelled life, researchers are studying a motley assortment of simpler animal relatives. The ...

She passed away unexpectedly before my book was even published and that was a wake up call for me,” my AI self wrote. If you ...