The Earth Is Nearing an Environmental Tipping Point

Today’s global coral bleaching events are the worst kind of climate warning.

A ‘Wolf Moon’ Rises With The ‘Seven Sisters:’ The New Year’s Night Sky

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere).

Orion Capsule’s Maker Set To Offer Moon Treks To Spacefarers Worldwide

The creator of the futuristic Orion capsule, the only spacecraft capable of speeding aeronauts to the Moon, is set to begin offering lunar treks to spacefarers worldwide.

A Psychologist Shares A Fun Quiz That Reveals Your ‘Soulmate Archetype’

There’s no magic formula that can identify your perfect partner, but there are some good ways to get a rough idea. Here’s one.

The No. 1 Reason You Keep Repeating The Same Relationship Pattern, By A Psychologist

Do your relationship patterns always feel familiar but painful? Psychological research may explain why your body keeps choosing it.

3 Things Your 2025 ‘Unfinished Arc’ Reveals About You, By A Psychologist

What you didn’t finish this year, aka your ‘unfinished arc,’ reveals more about you than what you did. Because incompletion is more truthful than success or motivation.

Meet The World’s Rarest Fish. Hint: It Lives In The ‘Devil’s Hole’

A tiny desert fish survives in a sun-scorched cavern on the edge of extinction. Here’s how it’s offering scientists a rare glimpse into the extremes life can endure.

People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 90,000 More Microplastic Particles Each Year

Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who don’t.

Winter’s Best Meteor Shower Begins Tonight: How To See The Quadrantids

One of the toughest yet most rewarding annual display of “shooting stars” peaks overnight on Jan. 3-4, 2026 — here’s how to catch the Quadrantid meteor shower.

Behold the Manifold, the Concept that Changed How Mathematicians View Space

In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.