Jesse Singer articles

For decades, scientists searched for evidence of alien civilizations. But along the way, some researchers stumbled onto a much more unsettling possibility. What if the real mystery isn't where aliens are? What if it's what happened to them?

For as long as most of us can remember, Neanderthals have been portrayed as grunting cave dwellers who barely knew how to communicate. But scientists now say we've been imagining them all wrong.

Turns out Baby Boomers and Millennials don't always see America the same way. The places younger Americans are flocking to are often the exact same places older generations look at and say, 'Absolutely not.'

At some point, humans crossed a line no other species crossed quite the same way. We stopped just reacting to the world and started explaining it. Scientists have argued for decades about when that happened. Now DNA may have pushed the answer way, way back.

For thousands of years, great civilizations seemed permanent—right up until they weren't. Nearly every civilization that collapsed believed it would somehow avoid the fate of those that came before it. Now, scientists studying these collapses are saying that we could be next. And it could happen sooner than we think...

There’s no shortage of college rankings—but they rarely agree. So instead of relying on just one, we combined the three biggest and most important ones out there: U.S. News, QS World Rankings, and Times Higher Education.

No one is perfect, and the same is true for the American states. While each one has some wonderful things about it, there are some—shall we say, not-so-wonderful things as well that bear mentioning. So, let's mention them...

Some states make retirement look pretty easy. Others? Not so much. Whether it's healthcare headaches, rising costs, long drives to basic services, or just a feeling that retirees aren't exactly the priority, some states consistently leave older Americans less satisfied than others. The question is...how many of these states surprised you?

Not every state rolls out the red carpet for the older generations. But, some states really know how to make a Boomer feel right at home. We looked at where Baby Boomers say life feels a little (sometimes a lot) better—and a lot less stressful.