Natalie Wolchover writes about physicists’ effort to find laws that explain the physical world and the nature of the universe.

The old rules are being rejected, among liberals and conservatives, politicians and economists.

Crash-test dummies based on the ‘average’ male are just one example of design that forgets about women – and puts lives at risk

In just a decade, Andreessen Horowitz has backed a bevy of startup blockbusters— Facebook, Instagram, Lyft, Slack—and made just as many Silicon Valley enemies. To stay ahead, it’s taking the unusual s...

Rustic shelters called bothies — more than 100 of which are scattered throughout England, Wales and Scotland — are an indispensable, if little-known, element of British hill culture.

“Winners Take All” is an indictment of the insular, Disneyfied world of Ted Talks, “thought leaders” and philanthropy as self-help for rich people. But does it go far enough…

The travel guru believes the tiniest exposure to other cultures will change Americans’ entire lives.

Masha Gessen reflects on the corruption inherent in the American college-admissions system, in light of a recent scandal in which fifty people were indicted for scheming to get the children of wealthy...