
These tattoos can magically disappear—here’s how they work
How handy would it be if you could make your tattoos invisible for a job interview in the morning and reveal them again for a party in the evening?

These tattoos can magically disappear—here’s how they work
How handy would it be if you could make your tattoos invisible for a job interview in the morning and reveal them again for a party in the evening?

How your brain can turn your own reflection into something unrecognizable
Staring at yourself in the mirror can create an illusionary effect, distorting your features to the point of appearing fantastical

How to ‘fall back’ this weekend without losing your mind
Time changes are more disruptive to our health than you might think. Here are some tips for a smooth transition

Boo! See the universe’s spookiest sights in time for Halloween
From ghosts to skeletons and even spiders, the cosmos is full of scary surprises

Math Puzzle: Mysterious pyramid
Can you ascend this unusual pyramid?

The world’s biggest cities are sinking. Is yours one of them?
Global cities are subsiding by up to several inches a year, an exhaustive new survey shows

The daylight savings sleep hack you’ve never heard of—‘paleo lighting’
The clocks falling back this weekend will give you the opportunity to sleep like a caveman

This October is on track to be the hottest ever recorded
Global projections suggest this October will be 1.76 degrees Celsius higher than preindustrial averages

AI is letting anyone reverse engineer anything. We talked to the developer at the center of it
An AI tool called REA can take apart software that isn’t meant to be opened in printers, smart TVs, cars, and more. Its pseudonymous creator wants everyone to get a peek

What’s the scariest object in the universe?
It’s Halloween, and nothing is scarier than our terrifying universe

The psychology behind our undying fascination with vampires
What vampire stories reveal about changing fears, identities and human nature

Oldest known Mars rock is a ‘Rosetta stone’ for the Red Planet’s watery past
Blasted off Mars by a giant impact long ago, the meteorite Teghaza 001 eventually fell to Earth in the Sahara Desert. Now it’s revealing previously hidden chapters of Mars’s deep past