A quiet shift in the numbers behind the universe’s growth is pushing scientists toward a bold possibility. Two of the cosmos’ most elusive players, dark matter and neutrinos, may not be strangers ...

Smith Rock State Park is what happens when Mother Nature decides to show off. The park features these massive volcanic rock spires that shoot up hundreds of feet into the Central Oregon sky, painted ...

Cambridge University Professor Josephine Quinn on why the 'West' was a hard-won idea, and why the idea of great civilizations of the world is so attractive and so harmful to the practice of history ...