How your brain can turn your own reflection into something unrecognizable

Staring at yourself in the mirror can create an illusionary effect, distorting your features to the point of appearing fantastical

Posted on 31 October 2026 | 12:00 pm

How to ‘fall back’ this weekend without losing your mind

Time changes are more disruptive to our health than you might think. Here are some tips for a smooth transition

Posted on 31 October 2026 | 11:30 am

Boo! See the universe’s spookiest sights in time for Halloween

From ghosts to skeletons and even spiders, the cosmos is full of scary surprises

Posted on 31 October 2026 | 11:00 am

Math Puzzle: Mysterious pyramid

Can you ascend this unusual pyramid?

Posted on 31 October 2026 | 6:00 am

The world’s biggest cities are sinking. Is yours one of them?

Global cities are subsiding by up to several inches a year, an exhaustive new survey shows

Posted on 30 October 2026 | 7:47 pm

‘Paleo lighting’ can fix your brain’s clock after daylight savings

The clocks falling back this weekend will give you the opportunity to sleep like a caveman

Posted on 30 October 2026 | 6:00 pm

This October is on track to be the hottest ever recorded

Global projections suggest this October will be 1.76 degrees Celsius higher than preindustrial averages

Posted on 30 October 2026 | 4:45 pm

An exclusive conversation with the developer of REA, the viral AI reverse engineering tool

An AI tool called REA can take apart software that isn’t meant to be opened in printers, smart TVs, cars, and more. Its pseudonymous creator wants everyone to get a peek

Posted on 30 October 2026 | 12:30 pm

What’s the scariest thing in the universe?

It’s Halloween, and nothing is scarier than our terrifying universe

Posted on 30 October 2026 | 11:45 am

The science of why we’re obsessed with vampires

What vampire stories reveal about changing fears, identities and human nature

Posted on 30 October 2026 | 11:00 am

Oldest known Mars rock is a ‘Rosetta stone’ for the Red Planet’s watery past

Blasted off Mars by a giant impact long ago, the meteorite Teghaza 001 eventually fell to Earth in the Sahara Desert. Now it’s revealing previously hidden chapters of Mars’s deep past

Posted on 29 October 2026 | 7:00 pm

Scientists can now rewire living brains

The tool could eventually lead to an entirely new approach for treating mental health

Posted on 29 October 2026 | 12:30 pm

Five things you need to know about the Trump administration’s rollback of methane regulations

The gas is a major driver of climate change

Posted on 29 October 2026 | 12:00 pm

Mathematicians find an infinite number of Ramanujan equations

Knots show how to generate infinitely many formulas of a kind developed by the visionary genius

Posted on 29 October 2026 | 11:30 am

Can the world’s religions survive the existence of aliens?

Finding alien life could shake some people to their very souls, but different religions can take very distinct approaches to the existence of extraterrestrial life

Posted on 29 October 2026 | 11:00 am