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Evolution favors less work and more leisure.

Algorithms that use the brain’s communication signal can now work on analog neuromorphic chips, which closely mimic our energy-efficient brains.

But what if it’s telling them a false story?

Evolution uses all its tricks to make sure we procreate. But love in humans is a many-splendored thing.

New research hints at what makes Earth’s moon special.

How the modern world arose from imaginary numbers.

The same phenomenon by which an opera singer can shatter a wineglass also underlies the very existence of subatomic particles.

Three mathematicians show, for the first time, how to form a square with the same area as a circle by cutting them into interchangeable pieces that can be visualized.

His teasing provoked me to understand the origins of time.

Raquel Negrete-Aranda says studying the ocean’s “plumbing” can tell us a lot about life, both under and above the sea.

The story of the tennis star spotlights the pseudoscience that bedevils science and society.

We brought Antonio Damasio and Anil Seth together to share their insights into neuroscience’s big question.