Could the Star of Bethlehem have been caused by a “great conjunction” of the bright planets Venus and Jupiter? On June 17, 2 B.C., the planets had come so close they would have almost appeared as one ...

Why do some people love Impressionist paintings like Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” (1906) while others can’t understand the hype? The question of aesthetic taste has stumped scholars for centuries.

ORLANDO, Fl. – As the days get shorter and the sun lowers in the sky, the intensity of sunlight decreases, signaling to trees that it’s time to prepare for winter. This triggers the leaves to stop ...

An extra stage has been identified for the first time that helps explain why ice can have a liquid layer at the surface even ...

Headaches are complicated, with researchers still trying to learn what causes them. However, studies show that the head pain ...

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Some animal abilities are so unusual that science still can’t explain how they work. These are real, well-documented behaviors that continue to surprise researchers.

This post was co-authored with Ralph Weir, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Lincoln. He is the author of The Mind-Body Problem and Metaphysics: An Argument from Consciousness to ...