Scientists update Hamilton’s rule with powerful new math, revealing the many ways altruism and cooperation can thrive in ...

Other people seem to navigate this quandary just fine, but it consumes my waking and sleeping thoughts waaaaaay more than it ...

When parents talk to their children about their STEM-related interests and share their knowledge, children are more likely to learn that they can grow up to be both a parent and a STEM person. This ...

A new method for quantifying grandeur is reshuffling the pecking order of the planet’s most impressive peaks. Turns out ...

Katherine Bourzac is a science journalist based in San Francisco. Her coverage of microbiology, physics, chemistry and the environment has appeared in Nature, Scientific American and MIT ...

Hamilton's rule, introduced in the 1960s, says that altruism—helping others at your own expense—can evolve when the benefits ...

Scientists have discovered what's thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating back up to ...

Sze is a poet with a lot of acclaim — he's won the National Book Award, was a Guggenheim fellow and was a finalist for the ...

Terence Tao, one of the world’s foremost mathematicians, who is often called the “Mozart of Math,” would rather not talk politics. “I do scientific research,” Tao said. “I vote, I sign a petition, but ...

When students return to their classrooms at Holy Angels Catholic School, Woodbury, they will be greeted by a new principal who is far from a stranger to their community. A member of Holy Angels Parish ...

WWE has been switching up where fans need to go to watch its shows a lot lately, and it's not done yet. Starting in 2026, WWE PLEs will air on ESPN in the US. That means you're going to need an ESPN ...

In a new study, high-energy, less acoustic songs evoked personal memories featuring amusement and excitement, while lower-energy, more acoustic songs evoked memories characterized by calmness, romance ...