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Francisco Goya: how a Spanish painter fooled kings and queens
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes is often labeled a quintessential Spanish artist, but his allegiance may well have lied with the French Enlightenment instead.
Your beliefs are much harder to justify than you think
Coherentism accepts that circular reasoning is probably the best any of us can do.
Controversy: was the Caribbean invaded by cannibals?
A 2020 study has revived a longstanding controversy over Christopher Columbus’ claims of marauding cannibals in the Caribbean.
Inside Mary’s Room: is a physical world all there is?
A strange philosophical thought experiment forces us to ask if the world can be completely described in physical terms.
Found: a controversial painting hidden inside a painting by Vermeer
This freshly unearthed image drastically alters the meaning of one of the artist’s most celebrated works.
AI discovers new craters on Mars in just five seconds
It could analyze a photo of the Martian surface in just five seconds. NASA scientists need 40 minutes.
Quasars: how to feed a supermassive black hole
A new model addresses a longstanding problem: where do quasars get the fuel they need to outshine entire galaxies?
Clues in woolly mammoth tusk reveal a lifetime of travels
It walked enough miles to nearly circle the Earth twice.
Explaining a billion-year gap in the fossil record
A puzzling — and huge — break in the geological record finally might be explained.
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The cave system extends 216 miles and has been called a "tunnel of time that transports you to a place 10,000 to 12,000 years ago."
Divers discover world’s largest underwater cave system filled with Mayan mysteries
Researchers in Mexico discover the longest underwater cave system in the world that’s full of invaluable artifacts.
