The new Doomsday Clock time has been set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Here’s what it means.

It’s not just in your head — time can actually flip. Physicists in New York have pulled off what sounds like a page ripped from a sci-fi script: They’ve confirmed that “time mirrors,” a trippy ...

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Readers respond to a guest essay about the methods and reliability of science. Also: Opioid addiction; judges and presidents; ...

Predestination doesn’t waste time trying to explain the time travel technology, and it doesn’t need to, because it’s so coherent and straightforward, you naturally see that it makes sense right away.

Research backs up the idea of “New year, new me.” In a 2014 paper, organizational psychologists introduced the idea of the “fresh start effect,” referring to a period of increased motivation at the ...

Bill Nye was in Orlando to tout The Planetary Society’s efforts to save NASA science after pressuring Congress to defy President Trump’s proposed budget.

A flood of slop has arrived in science, and everyone has to get less lazy. But does 2026 feel like a time when anyone, anywhere, is getting less lazy?