Readers respond to a guest essay about the methods and reliability of science. Also: Opioid addiction; judges and presidents; ...

On Moltbook, an AI-only social network, agents spontaneously founded a lobster-themed religion—scriptures, prophets, and all.

Scientists are now using computer simulations to study how religions form, spread, and change over time. Instead of asking theological questions, researchers model human behavior, social pressure, and ...

Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is ...

A new study comparing 59 species of primates linked same-sex sexual behavior to scarce resources and more predators in ...