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Researchers find the “neural clock” that orders and timestamps experiences and memories.

Facebook allowed advertisements promoting gay conversion therapy to be targeted to users who had ‘liked’ pages related to LGBTQ issues, according to a recent investigation by The Telegraph.

A new study of 12,000 overweight patients shows that lorcaserin does not cause heart problems. But does that mean we should be taking it?

For the Pluto fans, another sad state of affairs: your favorite world won’t make it. Nothing on Earth lasts forever, and that’s a truth that even extends to all the objects […]

The era of cheap energy is coming to an end and societies will need to reshape energy consumption and infrastructure or face consequences, warns a new scientific background paper issued to the United Nations.

The healthiest end-of-day sleep is 6 to 8 hours, but not more. Or less. As for napping, it depends on how you want to wake up.

Before there were humans, planets, or even stars and galaxies, we had to make the first elements. Here’s how they happened. From the first moments of Big Bang to the […]

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump claimed that Google is deliberately manipulating its algorithms to shut out conservative media outlets from news search results.

A former Vatican ambassador has accused Pope Francis and other church leaders of wittingly covering up sexual abuse, an unprecedented accusation that highlights escalating tensions within the Catholic Church.

Seeing Higgs boson decay may help physicists understand why the universe has mass.

We hear the word ‘socialism’ a lot. What does it mean, exactly?

Dietary rules need to consider the land needed to grow the food, cautions new study.

With Fort Lauderdale serving as an example, Avvo crunches the numbers to find the days of the month and week, and the times, you’re most likely to get a traffic ticket.

An interesting take on “fixing” the rampant corporate supremacy of the last 40 years.

Could human beings one day regenerate limbs? It’s a distant possibility. But Adameyko Labs in Boston, Massachusetts is a good place to start thinking about it.

There are some big hurdles for Bitcoin to overcome. Cryptocurrencies must become practical for real-world use.

Faith is in retreat, atheism is on the march. But only in China does a majority positively state they don’t believe in God.

What makes you want to eat even when you’re not hungry? Scientists at UCLA now know exactly why.

Karen Michels video on the dangers of coconut oil has gone viral, leaving the nutritional blogosphere scratching its head.

We’ve come full circle, once again: balance is key to a healthy diet.

Creationists believe that every aspect of reality was planned. Conspiracy theorists think that major socio-political events were planned. We now know why there is an overlap between the two groups.

Computer art does not rival human art. Rather, art created by artificial intelligence is at once a compliment to the human brain, and a corollary to the achievements of oil paintings and classical music.

What inspired the Mona Lisa, China’s Terracotta Warriors, and more?

The Justice Department has long held the view that a sitting president cannot be indicted. However there is a fail-safe mechanism in the law reserved for special circumstances.

As of October 1, the U.K. will make it illegal to sell puppies and kittens from third-party sources in a bid to end puppy mills and commercial breeding catteries, eliminate pet-shop sales, and rein in unscrupulous breeders.

An MIT model predicted when and how human civilization would end. Hint: it’s soon.

Venture capitalists do not invest in female and minority entrepreneurs in any significant way. Nathalie Molina Niño explains several viable fundraising alternatives that won’t require founders to give up control of their companies.

The first serious scientific study of STEVE, the ribbons of white and purple light in northern skies, reveals they’re not auroras—they’re something new and unexplained.

Some Democrats and political analysts are calling Trump an ‘unindicted co-conspirator’ after his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to eight felonies.

When Adele sings “It felt like a movie…”, there’s a scientific reason that it did. Your brain is technically unconscious about 240 times a minute.