Environment

The idea that our reality might be a sophisticated computer simulation is not new. Plato’s cave allegory gestured at it 2,400 years ago. Descartes...

Everyone recognizes the cheerful, round-bellied man with a white beard who slips down chimneys on Christmas Eve to deliver gifts. But the familiar image...

In Hindu mythology, the reason chameleons can change their color is rooted in an ancient and divine event that took place during the great...

Ancient Gatherings at River Confluences: For thousands of years, people in India have gathered at river confluences (known as Prayag). Uttarakhand has five such...

Among all the species on Earth, humans seem to have become the most disconnected, desensitized, and neurotic. Our growing alienation from nature—its beauty, wisdom,...

From the moment of the Big Bang, everything in the universe has kept moving, but why is that? Nothing in our universe stands still: Earth...

In an eye-opening new study from the University of New Mexico, researchers reveal how microplastics, those minuscule invaders nearly invisible to the naked eye,...

Hurricanes and wildfires have come and gone, leaving hundreds dead. We’re left facing a dire reality: we live on a warming planet. Homes blown...

The scent of coffee. The clarity of sunlight dappling through the trees. The howl of the wind in the dark of night. All this, according...

What are mirages and why does this optical phenomenon cause us to see reality differently? Mirages have a reputation for deceit. The classic example is...