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Tesla CEO Elon Musk appealed to President Trump on Twitter last week following tough talk on trade with China.

Those with prediabetes or type-2 diabetes shouldn’t fear eggs anymore, researchers say.

It’s no small secret that we are addicted to our phones. This so-called ‘dumb watch’ can help you check it less… and looks great, too.

CERN’s LHC has just found evidence of the odder on quasiparticle after a 44-year search.

It’s been demonstrated that women are more attracted to men with attitudes of benevolent sexism. A new study asks why.

The biggest questions about cryptocurrency, answered.

Visiting scholar James Timbie says that the artificial intelligence revolution will involve humans and machines working together, with the best results coming from humans supported by intelligent machines.

Infographics chart the growing acceptance of drinking during the day, compiled and created by Family Center for Recovery.

In the Western world, there’s a constant pressure to be happy. Paradoxically, this makes people more prone to anxiety and depression.

Valentine’s Day has a surprisingly raunchy history, going back thousands of years.

Can scientists agree on a code of ethics? The World Economic Forum Young Scientists community just proposed a Code of Ethics, which was a topic of discussion at the recent World Economic Forum’s meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

These seven presidents had a window into the future—or were really good guessers.

A fresh take on the decades-old Drake equation incorporates new factors and greater uncertainty, suggesting a high likelihood that humanity is alone in the universe.

We’ve all heard the number: 4.5 billion years. But how do we know, and how certain are we that the Earth and Sun are the same age? Billions of years ago, […]

Ready Player One’s spectacular VR OASIS experience has us wondering how achievable it really is and when we’ll start seeing immersive VR movies.

‘Enter the room’ is a rare case of an augmented reality app that could genuinely make the world a better place. Read our review here.

Young workers experience insufficient opportunities for work experience, a mismatch between work and education, a lack of career management skills and scant entry-level jobs.

Those awful almost-changes they made? They could have avoided the whole problem by simply doing the math. Designed for artists, writers, and creatives* of all different persuasions, Patreon has become a […]

President Donald Trump signed a ‘right-to-try’ bill on Wednesday, but some think the new law will do more harm than good.

The American public is split on whether to provide a “safety net” to workers displaced by advancements in artificial intelligence.

In her book, Rise of the Necrofauna, Britt Wray reports on the ethics and science behind de-extinction. 

U.S. Supreme Court justices receive lifetime appointments to the bench, but many wonder if indefinite terms do more harm to our legal system than good.

No more secret submarines and moon bases. A new study puts to rest decades-old conspiracy theories and confirms how Adolf Hitler died.

This study is radically changing how we view the process of evolution.

We tend to treat death and dying as a somber and serious event, but what if it doesn’t have to be that way?

A team of Polish designers has just won a competition with its design for an inflatable skyscraper designed for use in emergency zones.

A new year. A new chance to make it big in the hyper-competitive field of commentary. Will you make the cut this week and get plucked from our 2 million Facebook followers? 

The densest objects in the Universe are also the most difficult to destroy. But eventually, destruction always prevails. There are quite a few ways to make the black holes we […]

The non-lethal weapons lab of the military unveils a futuristic weapon that can create speech and heat out of thin air dozens of miles away.