Brian Resnick
Former Science and Health Editor
Latest articles by Brian Resnick
Why do we have a summer solstice, anyway?
Why do we know so little about pregnancy — one of the most common experiences on Earth?
What happens if the Colorado River keeps drying up?
Science writer Carl Zimmer explains why this question has been so hard to answer.
Earth, for all we know, is the only planet with life on it. But how did it start?
Edwin Hubble’s name is everywhere in astronomy. Henrietta Leavitt’s should be too.
The JWST can simply see more of the universe than the Hubble Space Telescope could.
If there was life on Mars billions of years ago — even just microbial life — it could change our understanding of how life begins.
Why is our moon so weird? Was there ever life on Mars? Big cosmic questions lurk in our celestial backyard.