In the 1960s, a British researcher launched one of the largest ever studies of people who believed they could see the future.

A major paper debunking the “serotonin hypothesis” has a lot of people agitated. But leaving more room for nuance in our discussions about mental health is the right idea.

A survey of the world’s worst nuclear disasters highlights the catastrophic consequences of technical hubris.

Scientists have found toxic levels of the chemical at large. And some groups are making the case to produce even more.

The full report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says we need to stop burning fossil fuels right now. But that reality was excluded from a summary for the people who need to hear it most: policymakers.

The father of game theory helped develop the atom bomb—and thought he could calculate when to use it.

Test your knowledge of politics and “30 Rock.” Telling these quotes apart is harder than it seems...

The long lobbying campaign of a handful of UFO obsessives and crank pseudoscientists is finally paying off.

Can meat grown in a laboratory help save the planet? And if it can, what’s standing in our way?

Their tweets said they were concerned. Their actions said otherwise.

The great discoveries of the age captivated his imagination. He almost always misunderstood them.

Helen Scales’s fascinating book about life in the deepest parts of the ocean carries a powerful warning.

A collection of well-funded UFO obsessives are using their Capitol Hill connections to launder some outré, and potentially dangerous, ideas.

Why we must do everything differently to ensure the planet’s survival

Two new books shed light on the different ways we view the business of existing.

Vaccine distribution is accelerating in the U.S. There are still several ways we could screw this up.

The promise of negative emissions is baked into most “net zero” pledges. But putting that into practice is easier said than done.

By “herd immunity,” the Trump administration means people should be encouraged to catch the coronavirus.

The logging industry has long promoted science suggesting logging suppresses fire. A lot of recent research disagrees.

The first vaccine may not even be 50 percent effective. But that will still help to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control.