How fast does your nervous system recover after a stressful day? Here’s how to find out, and why it matters more than you think.
Microplastics have been found inside shark egg cases, known as mermaid’s purses, for the first time.
Massive data centers for generative AI are bad for the Earth. How about launching them into orbit?
Fusion power moves closer to commercialization. Storing data for 10,000 years. Why AI won’t necessarily take your job. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype.
Six planets are above the horizon this weekend — but only two are obvious to the naked eye. Here’s what you’ll really see after sunset and when to look.

Each episode of HBO’s The Pitt features some degree of medical trauma that almost makes the hospital drama feel like a horror series. Some patients are dealing with gnarly lacerations while others are fighting off vicious blood infections that could rob them of their limbs, and the chaos of working in an emergency room often […]
If ambiguity feels unbearable or silence feels personal, rejection sensitivity may be quietly shaping your relationships.
The new multimedia show “David Bowie: You’re Not Alone,” opening at Lightroom in London, is part theatrics and part revealing self-portrait of the shape-shifting icon.
It’s not just ‘too much scrolling.’ Here’s how screen sickness affects you on a physiological level, disrupting your balance and evolutionary failsafes.
New maps issued by NASA detail exactly when and where skywatchers across the contiguous U.S. can see the upcoming total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026.