Advances

Where is the line between knowing and guessing?

Here’s how food loss and waste threaten the planet at every stage, from harvest to consumption

A study suggests a complex interplay between bodily feeling, emotion and art

Physicists finally understand why heating a supercold quantum fluid freezes it into a solid

A dazzling new map lights up the fruit fly brain

Early mammals got ahead by eating insects

These simple sensors let a robot function by touch alone, allowing it to manipulate objects from a soup can to a rubber duck

A surprisingly simple answer to a mathematical puzzle intrigues the math world

At least some of our planet’s water was carried here by hydrogen-rich space rocks, but it’s not yet clear how much

A new study suggests AI can analyze cardiac activity to predict whether a song will be a hit before it’s released. But some hit-song scientists are skeptical

Particle by particle, all matter may eventually disappear, according to new calculations

When you can’t remember a word, it might only feel like it’s on the tip of your tongue