Researchers are looking into what this fratboy fish of the Mexican underwater cave systems can teach us about sleep regulation.
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Harvard University’s popular course on Buddhism returns with an interactive feature and great content.
The world’s largest e-commerce company has proposed some really interesting upgrades.
Did you hear the story about how a 100 petawatt laser will finally ‘break the quantum vacuum’? Get the facts. Empty space, as it turns out, isn’t so empty. The fluctuations […]
Want to work out more? Eat more healthily? Quit smoking? These neurons control the fate of your habits.
Major advancements in the field of transient electronics have paved the way for gadgets that evaporate. That’s important for consumers, and the planet.
A company specializing in A.I. medicine will tell you how long you’re likely to live.
CERN’s LHC has just found evidence of the odder on quasiparticle after a 44-year search.
SpaceX made history Tuesday after successfully launching its Falcon Heavy rocket into space, but not all are convinced any of that actually happened.
The game is afoot! It seems Shakespeare borrowed language from his contemporaries more directly than we previously realized.
The Olympic Games are the perfect backdrop for international propaganda.
In her new book, Creative Change, social psychologist Jennifer Mueller says everyone loves the idea of creativity even while we prefer the status quo.
Are you an important person? The answer you give may indicate to psychologists how narcissistic you are. Similarly, the culture you are born into plays an important role.
The Bermuda Triangle, one of the most mysterious places on Earth, doesn’t have an official map and the U.S. Coast Guard is why.
It isn’t just for merging neutron stars, anymore. Over the past three years, there’s arguably been no greater scientific discovery than the direct detection of gravitational waves. The two LIGO […]
“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.”
The Olympic Games may provide a pause in the diplomatic row between North Korea and the United States, but what is likely to happen once the Olympic torch is extinguished on February 25th?
What history can teach us about refugees.
South Korean officials say with confidence that this will be the safest Olympics on record.
Each year since 2010, thousands of parents submit photos of their children for consideration in Gerber’s “Spokesbaby” contest. This year the winner made history.
Less than one year after legalizing same-sex marriage, Bermuda has repealed the Supreme Court ruling that authorized gay marriage.
Bill Gates has been working since 2011 with some of the brightest minds to solve a health crisis affecting more than 2 billion people worldwide.
Cheddar Man is now complete.
A new study finds that the more two people think alike, the more their brains operate the same way.
Just like obesity, weight-loss can also “spread like a virus.”
Think of some of the greatest films of all time. Now try to remember the conversations that women have in them. Can’t remember? Don’t worry, they probably just obsess over men.
President Donald Trump has requested that the U.S. armed forces stage a parade in the nation’s capital to feature America’s military might. The timing and source of the request has drawn a mixture of opinion.
Valentine’s Day celebrations occur all around the world in different ways that reflect local ideas about love.
But is this really a problem for the theory? Or is it physics to the rescue? Dark matter is one of the most powerful, yet one of the most controversial, ideas […]
Is it better to have the harm of 100 sexual assaults than the harm of one false conviction?