Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of ...

We spend our lives waiting for “real life” to begin. This piece explores why we keep deferring joy, how our brains fuel the illusion of “later,” and how to start living now.

There are forearm-based heart rate monitors, wrist-based heart rate monitors, smartwatches, fitness trackers and even ...

In this illuminating TED Intersections conversation, a neuroscientist and a global financial CEO explore one of humanity’s ...

US science always suffers during government shutdowns. Funding lapses send government scientists home without pay. Federal ...

The target of today’s strongmen is technocratic administration—what the author calls the “Davos consensus”—which is ...

A new study by a large international team of conservation scientists and artists explores how growing synergies between conservation and the arts can unveil many mutual benefits and fresh approaches ...

Scientists have already created designer viruses in a lab that can kill dangerous bacteria. The next step is designing and ...

Jerry Richardson, a Cornell university doctoral candidate in psychology, was dashing into a grocery store on his way to a ...

In his new book, neuroscientist Steve Ramirez delves in the fast-growing field of memory manipulation, which is being explored as a treatment for depression and other mental health conditions.

November 2025 - As preparations intensify for the Second World Summit for Social Development, to be held from 4 to 6 November 2025, the Accelerating Social Progress campaign invited people from all ...

Catastrophic tipping points are unfolding in nature. But humanity can exploit their beneficial counterparts to mitigate ...