Inuit languages really do have many words for snow, linguists found—and other languages have conceptual specialties, too, potentially revealing what a culture values

Your orange cat may host a never-before-seen genetic pathway for color pigmentation, according to new studies

Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the pilot whale calves got there and what happened to them

Meet the man who defended freedom and became one of the world’s greatest leaders. Lech Walesa, the living legend who pushed the world toward democracy, is coming to the U.S. and Canada on his first-ever Grand Lecture Tour. Register now.

The red flags abound—political research tells us the U.S. is becoming an autocracy

Astronomical amounts of energy could be extracted from black holes—to build a gigantic bomb, for example. Experts have now implemented this principle in the laboratory

Conceptual problems, ideology clashes and xenophobia prevented the concept of zero from catching on for a long time. Today all mathematics is based on it

Weather experts warn that staff cuts at the National Weather Service that have been made by the Trump administration are a danger to public safety as tornadoes, hurricanes and heat loom this spring and summer

Galaxies come in many shapes and sizes, and trying to define them is difficult

Scientists at Europe’s famous particle collider briefly created gold ions from lead in a modern twist on the alchemical goal

Researchers have shown that abstract mathematical functions from the frontiers of theoretical physics have a real-world use in modeling gravitational waves

A new mathematical model helps to advance the centuries-old art of knitting

Businesses are making moves to avoid consumer warning labels, and the effects reach far beyond California