Over the short span of just 300 years, since the invention of modern physics, we have gained a deeper understanding of how our universe works on both small and large scales. Yet, physics is still very ...

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe—life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways? How do you look for alien life when you don’t know what alien life might look like?

Throughout history, philosophers have explored the realities of life, each offering insights shaped by individual perspective. I believe every philosopher is correct within their own context. In this ...

October is traditionally the time to break out the cozy sweaters and consume as many pumpkin-spice drinks as possible. Instead, people are now using it to reset their goals. Dubbed “October Theory,” ...

Two laboratories at Penn State set out to show how an obscure undersea microbe metabolizes carbon monoxide into methane and vinegar. What they found was not merely a previously unknown biochemical ...

The theory, which is proposed by a young professor at MIT, basically brings mathematics to a line of thinking that has been, with variations, proposed by a chemist (Ilya Romanovich Prigogine), a ...

Earth’s chemical energy powered early life through ‘the most revolutionary idea in biology since Darwin’ For 80 years it has been accepted that early life began in a ‘primordial soup’ of organic ...

The ability to understand the thoughts, beliefs, desires, and emotions of others is known as theory-of-mind (ToM). It is an important aspect of child development and is one of the hallmarks of human ...

What’s the difference between a living collection of matter, such as a tortoise, and an inanimate lump of it, such as a rock? They are, after all, both just made up of non-living atoms. The truth is, ...

Theory of mind is typically defined as the ability to understand the thoughts, beliefs, desires, and emotions of other people. This understanding allows individuals to predict how others will feel, ...