When tallied against the sheer number of its victims, light pollution is undeniably one of the most pernicious forms of ...

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His new book, about the mystery of consciousness, strengthens the case that technology will never truly replicate humans.

Historian Ivan Malara has identified handwritten annotations by Galileo Galilei in the margins of a roughly 500-year-old copy ...

Quantum theory did more than simply revise our understanding of matter—it destabilized the idea of objective existence altogether. Particles behave differently when observed. Their properties are not ...

Animated map of the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East before and after the announcement of the blockade of maritime traffic by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. The bright dots correspond to floating ...

bk: michael, reminder to please fill our your disclosure when you have a second. it’s the red button at right The “fog of war” refers to confusion and uncertainty on the battlefield and the attendant ...

In January, while examining ancient texts at Italy’s National Central Library of Florence, historian Ivan Malara found an ...

The authoritarian clerical regime in Tehran came to power in 1979. Today, it presides over a country that is deeply polarized and under threat of an American attack. By Erika Solomon Reporting from ...