Across deserts, ocean floors, and forest undergrowth, a handful of animals have evolved defenses so extreme they strain belief. Bombardier beetles detonate chemical explosions inside their own bodies.

The BRAVO Laboratory at the US Department of Veterans Affairs in the heart of New York City is making some moves — and that’s just how Cesar Jimenez, a 77-year-old Vietnam veteran and avid marathoner ...

Science fiction allows artists to speculate about the future through imaginative and technical concepts. But so often the prevailing vision of that future in popular culture tends toward the dystopian ...