The Orion Nebula, about 1,500 light-years away, is a star nursery where enough gas and dust exist to form roughly 200,000 ...

Long before the first sparks of civilization — or even humanity as we know it — our ancestors were already inventors. On the ...

A History of the Empty Self illuminates how our culture came to be unrecognizable to so many. As she tells it, the changes ...

Humans stand out among mammals for our ability to run long distances without falling apart. That ability links back to early ...

DEAR ABBY: My relationship with my mother-in-law has been rocky for the nine years I’ve been married to her daughter. She has been very hurtful at times, saying things like, “You’re not welcome [in ...

DEAR ABBY: When I was invited to see the birth of my great-grandchild, I said yes.

Halloween telescope image reveals bat-shaped stellar nursery where infant stars are born. The cosmic creature spans four full ...