Across physics, biology and philosophy, a once-fringe idea is gaining new intellectual weight: the possibility that the cosmos behaves less like a dead machine and more like a living system. Instead ...

It may sound like the outlandish plot of a poorly conceived science-fiction flick. But some scientists now claim that humanity, the Earth, and everything else in the universe are really part of a ...

If you’re having trouble sleeping at night, have you tried to induce total existential dread by contemplating the end of the entire Universe? If not, here’s a rundown of five ideas exploring how “all ...

Rob Coyne receives funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF). About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what ...