January is the month of Janus, the two-faced Roman god, and, in a timely harbinger for the new year, a pet owner in Nigeria has welcomed a two-faced cat among a newly arrived litter. Abdulrauf Musa ...

When white dwarf stars die, their surface changes pretty dramatically. And for the first time, astronomers have discovered a ...

January: the month that insists on staring deeply into your soul just after you’ve eaten your weight in holiday cookies and overspent on gifts nobody asked for. It’s a time of reflection and ...

About 20 years ago, an ethicist I know stated his view that moral and political thought seemed to have become “Janus-faced.” He was referring to Janus, the Roman god of transitions, depicted as having ...