Astronomers have long sought signs of life beyond Earth, with exoplanets like K2-18 b — a world about 124 light-years away — offering tantalizing possibilities. In 2023 and again in April 2025, a team ...

A couple hug each other as they stand next to the natural rock bridge that is named "Love Bridge", in Ayia Napa, on the southeast Mediterranean island of Cyprus. (Petros Karadjias/AP) The longest ...

The annoying people in your life don't just ruin your day. They actually take years off your life, a new study says.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Robert Waldinger, one of the authors of The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study on Happiness. If you could change one thing about your life ...

In simulated life-or-death decisions, about two-thirds of people in a UC Merced study allowed a robot to change their minds when it disagreed with them — an alarming display of excessive trust in ...

Human life expectancy has potentially been pushed to the max, new research suggests. The recent increase in people's longevity appears to be slowing down despite new developments in medicine, ...

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