Do you notice how time can slip right past you when you’re deep in a task, zoned out, or just trying to function? Maybe you get caught in hyperfocus and the hours melt away. Maybe your mind drifts ...

From unexpected pop pivots to reflections on the state of the world, these are the essential songs of the year.

The Dark Forest theory is one proposed solution to the famed Fermi Paradox, which has bewitched astronomers for more than half a century. To put it concisely, the paradox asks if the cosmos is nearly ...