Discover the evolution of economics from ancient times to modern theories that influence global markets, including Adam Smith and Keynesian approaches.

The decline of reading and the rise of social media are again transforming what it feels like to be a thinking person.

When most people think about natural selection, they imagine individuals competing with one another: The fastest animal ...

It was a bold thought experiment: that only one electron makes up the entire universe. The most famous conversation about it took place between Richard Feynman, PhD, and John Wheeler, PhD, both ...

A study reveals random exploration outperforms focused analysis—shedding scientific light on non-ordinary ways of knowing.

Americans have watched some of the nation's top stars crumble under pressure on the biggest stage. Why? One expert who has ...

Darryn Peterson was supposed to be the best of a loaded freshmen class in men’s college basketball this season. Instead, the Kansas Jayhawks guard has spent his one-and-one year battling several ...

The icy ballet of stone upon ice makes curling one of the most intriguing sports of the Winter Olympics. But scientists still haven't quite figured out the physics of how they move.

Choosing A-Levels can feel stressful for both students and parents. Some subjects are known to be harder because they need strong maths skills, long essays, or complex problem-solving. Many families ...

From carving nocturnal visions on clay tablets to now journalling on paper and through apps, we have long been fascinated by ...

They ask us to believe, for example, that the world we experience is fundamentally divided from the subatomic realm it’s built from. Or that there is a wild proliferation of parallel universes, or ...

General relativity helps explain the lack of planets around tight binary stars by driving orbital resonances that eject or destroy close-in worlds. This process naturally creates a “desert” of ...