Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights

Humans are living longer around the world. While there have been obvious ups and downs, life expectancy at birth overall has been steadily increasing for many years

The universe really likes its information. It doesn't like to create new information, and it doesn't like to destroy any of its existing information.

Without the Higgs, the Standard Model of particle physics comes crashing down.

The giant rodents' taste for aquatic plants may have done them in.

The big move could help our rocky planet escape the expanding sun and prevent a collision with Jupiter.

The Green New Deal is not enough; we need to set a specific target for carbon dioxide levels here on Earth.

Max Planck had no idea where his solution would lead

We now know the moon is getting farther away from Earth by the year.

Here's what astronomers know about the "dark" side of our moon.

Physicists thought this was impossible, until now.

The Force is (super) strong with these quarks.

As Christinas observe Good Friday they will remember, with devotion and prayer, the death of Jesus on the Cross, but in the Middle Ages this day was dangerous for Jews.

After the building that symbolized 'all that is Russian' went up in flames, the czar scrambled to restore it to its former glory.

An almost invisible electronic device used all over the world has alarmed some evangelical Christian communities, who see in this technology the work of the Antichrist.

Mathematicians have known how to solve something called an S-unit equation for several years. However, the process is so convoluted that few can actually use it to tackle their problems.

I, a crocodile scientist, am a woman in conservation. And here's why we need more women in this field.

Being wealthy and privileged can lead to a sense of entitlement.

A recent search for oddball supersymmetric particles, which could explain some of the weirdness of the universe, came up empty-handed.

Here's why public opinion has changed dramatically in favor of pot legalization.