Scientific American

People are reluctant to reach out to friends they have lost touch with—but both sides are gratified when they reconnect

The U-shaped curve that pegged youth and old age as the happiest times of life has changed

For the first time, researchers have reconstructed the 3D structure of ancient genetic material, in this case from a 52,000-year-old mammoth

Despite great progress, we lack even the beginning of an explanation of how the brain produces our inner world of colors, sounds, smells and tastes. A thought experiment with “pain-pleasure” zombies illustrates that the mystery is deeper than we thought

A Saskatchewan farmer’s near miss with potentially lethal debris falling from orbit highlights the skyrocketing risks and murky politics of space junk

The extent to which people experience “inner speech” varies greatly, and the differences matter for performing certain cognitive tasks