For 5,000 years scholars, generals, and mystics have been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. That obsession persists in the modern age. Today the Pyramids of Giza are surrounded by desert. But 4,600 ...

Plus: For the festival's last year in Park City, Utah, Sundance alumni John Cooper and Trevor Groth return to judge the NEXT ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

A natural experiment in a national park in Patagonia shows how the return of a large predator can reshape an ecosystem. Long absent from Argentinian Patagonia due to over-hunting, pumas have returned ...

Mathematical quirks of our universe have led some cosmologists to wonder whether the cosmos was actually born in a black hole. Parallels in the physics of the universe and that of black holes have led ...

Women have been barred from most public spaces. Afghan citizens are being deported by nearby countries. And marginalized ethnic groups face persecution and violence. These are their stories. On May 8, ...

Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year. Did you imagine a rattlesnake? For a long time, ...

With major eclipses, brilliant supermoons, and lineups of five or more planets, 2026 offers something awe-inspiring in every season. Here’s what to watch for. Solar prominences and their associated ...

Various leaders have shared their New Year greetings as Kenyans join the world in ushering in 2026, with calls for unity, peace, and renewed commitment to development. National Assembly Speaker Moses ...

A fireworks display to mark the crossover into the new year in Nairobi on January 1, 2026. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] Thousands of Kenyans across the country thronged churches, parks, hotels, and ...

Six months after entering the history books as Kenya’s youngest-ever top seed and the country’s third Fide Master (FM), chess prodigy Jadon Simiyu has yet again achieved another milestone. On ...

Kenya plans to create a National Cybersecurity Agency (NCSA) to strengthen the country’s response to digital threats and support existing institutions, Information and Digital Economy Minister John ...