Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. An entertaining and thought-provoking overview of the rise and ...

A sweeping new analysis of more than 4,000 brain scans reveals that our brains’ neural networks don’t simply mature and then decline; they reorganize through a series of distinct life-stage “epochs,” ...

Pick up a book titled “The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire — Why Our Species is on the Edge of Extinction” (St. Martin’s Press), and it’s safe to assume its pages won’t be full of sunshine, ...

Released in 2022, Fall was a surprise hit thriller that reached disturbing heights. Focusing on two women who scale a 2,000-foot-tall tower, the movie plunges into the depths of their souls as they ...

Parents looking to promote health and intelligence in their children can pick and choose their embryos now. There could be more downsides than we think. Taken together, two recent science books show ...

The human brain, a masterpiece of cosmic craftsmanship, might just be on the lookout for a like-minded companion. It's a notion that's as intriguing as it is speculative: our cerebral circuits, in all ...

I’ve been thinking about teen-agers. I have one myself now, and of course I was one once—in a different world at a different moment—and can remember the feeling. Everything was extremity. It still is.

Journal Editorial Report: The U.K., France and Canada move to recognize Palestine. An article in Foreign Affairs, the leading voice of what remains of the U.S. foreign-policy establishment, was stark ...