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Google’s recent AI technology that can mimic humans is raising ethical concerns.

What causes the urban-rural cultural divide? According to this author, its how we view our communities.

Secular Web compiles a number of publications in atheism, nontheism, and science over the last few centuries.

Twenty years ago, Nintendo asked America to try to catch ’em all. We still haven’t (legitimately) captured a Mew.

The online dating world has become more and more profitable as single people search for love.

It marks the third such defamation against Jones, but it’s not clear the plaintiffs will have an easy case ahead of them.

In about 500 pages of documents, Facebook responded to questions from U.S. senators about privacy, monopoly, and political discourse on the world’s largest social media platform.

Think you’re “post-tribal”? Think again. Attorney and “tiger mom” Amy Chua on groupthink in America and abroad.

In the wake of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, another data firm was discovered to have amassed similar user profiles of millions of people.

A review of 33 trials confirms that loading your body does your brain good.

A primer on the amazing possibilities of mixed reality, augmented reality, and virtual reality technology.

Getting your vote to where it matters can be harder and more corrupt than it should be. Could blockchain technology build a better system and rebuild people’s trust?

A predictive-keyboard app has just written an utterly crazy new Harry Potter chapter and the internet loves it.

The medicinal properties of ayahuasca come from two plants: Banisteriopsis caapi, a psychedelic brew that Amazonian indigenous populations have long used for spiritual purposes, and Psychotria viridis. The first randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial of the beverage show that it can ease severe depression.

It’s had an impact on both women and men.

Fill up your gas tank, no matter how hot it is, with confidence and safety from anywhere on Earth. For most of the northern hemisphere, summer is in full swing. Along […]

Many of the Russian IRA troll Facebook ads were released today by Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee.

AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint have all recently unveiled plans for a nationwide 5G network in the US.

Blockchain technology could help alleviate the struggles of asylum seekers who are many times left in the wake of political fights.

A new study looks at how teens construct their online identities.

History shows us why we can’t trust centralized power. So what can we trust?

It’s the dawn of a new age. AI, VR, and robotics are creating the future that science-fiction writers have dreamed about.

Some of us can adjust our moods by listening to certain types of music we know will affect us. This survey looks at the music Americans turn to for mood modification.

New privacy tools and transparency are all part of continuing changes to the largest social network in the world.

“Obviously, technology product and app designers seek to entice us to use their products. Few designers, however, are worried about the adverse effects of encouraging overuse.”

Lack of replication is a serious problem in science. So far, no one has an answer.

Device uses ultrafast “frequency hopping” and data encryption to protect wireless signals from being intercepted and jammed.rn

Almost half of the American workers don’t take all the vacation days they can, leading to increased health risks.

Can we make progress in a world in which we don’t trust our institutions?

In 2016 Americans spent $16.4 billion on cosmetic plastic surgery. What does that say about the health of our psyche?