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Rugby, like business, is a game of inches. Gaining a competitive advantage requires sharp data analysis and advanced analytics. 

Ever feel like you can’t control your impulse to check your phone or Facebook? The author of a book all about conquering bad habits offers advice for controlling these types of urges.

Pluto’s moons, Nix and Hydra, are the first with irregular rotations, and hence unpredictable sunsets and sunrises. “Movin’ right along.You take it, you know best.Hey, I’ve never seen the Sun […]

Listening to your body clock can help you be more alert, soak up new information faster, and generally be more productive, say sleep researchers who study chronobiology. 

There are three things an idea must do to become a full-fledged scientific theory. How does the Multiverse stack up? “It’s hard to build models of inflation that don’t lead […]

When restaurants post calorie counts, does it help everyone? Research indicates that only the educated and rich may benefit, while the poor and obese will continue ordering cake.

Researchers believe they’ve found some connections in women that may help predict postpartum depression before childbirth.

There may be some connection between excessive shopping and hunger, and some researchers think it can extend beyond grocery stores to non-food items.

Some anxieties are indicators of healthy curiosity and strong moral fiber, while others are a source of severe stress. 

Electroceuticals — electrical signals used to trick the brain into thinking the gut is full — have been approved by the FDA to treat obesity.

IBM’s Serious Game program wants to give enterprises a way to digest data by playing them out in real-world simulations, or video games.

It’s subtle and pernicious as hell how this happens. How we transform something that’s supposed to make us more open and balanced into a shiny new prison of things, jargon, and obligations.

The non-profit org Malaria No More, boosted by a grant from Google, is set to take advantage of Africa’s over 1 billion mobile phones in order to fight a disease that kills 400,000 of the continent’s children per year.

Research shows evidence that we can alter our brains to enhance our creative thinking — all through the power of art.

A new study examines over a hundred rumors spread through over a thousand news articles in 2014 and investigates the role major news publications play in the spread of misinformation.

European robotics experts obviously have their priorities in order because they’re designing a system to help facilitate more efficient winemaking.

How tides, gravity and lava give Io the youngest surface in the Solar System. “The crust, being so thin, must bend, if, over wide areas, it becomes loaded with glacial […]

With the full suite of evidence, there’s no escaping dark matter. “A cosmic mystery of immense proportions, once seemingly on the verge of solution, has deepened and left astronomers and […]

What do our brains look like when we read aloud? What about when we read to ourselves? To your brain, it’s the same thing.

Ten years ago, a researcher claimed most published research findings are false; now a decade later, his claim is stronger than ever before. How can this be?

   

Entering the market for personal health trackers is Cue – an affordable, user friendly mini-lab that allows you to test five important molecules in your body indicating fertility, influenza, testosterone, […]

How our own minds work is hard to see. As with almost everything else our views are shaped by the ideas our culture uses. Here are some once-tempting views about why we do what we know we will rue (tales of sin, vice and bad decisions).

Fewer grammar is literally no skin off anyone’s cheek. 

Resulting from President Barack Obama’s efforts to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba, Netflix has made its monthly video-streaming service available on the island for $7.99 per month.

How do you talk to a parent who has decided not to vaccinate their child? Some commentators say, “Don’t bother.”

Last week’s events in Nepal and Baltimore were drastically different. Yet how people responded to two tragedies offer insight into how we deal with trauma and how we decide to offer compassion. 

Math, not financial strategizing, is the skill most needed to handle the important financial decisions that all adults face.

A viral music video featuring several fascinating sound experiments is making its rounds across the internet this week. The song title, “Cymatics,” refers to the science of visualizing audio frequencies. 

News coverage of risk that plays up how scary things sound and plays down or leaves out anything that moderates the fear does real and serious harm.