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Men have become much more aggressive with women in their negotiation style since Donald Trump became president, according to a new Game Theory based economics study. More aggressive tactics by men are leading to reduced mutual benefits and a destruction of value in negotiations.

Percy Shelley’s 1811 essay, “The Necessity of Atheism,” still speaks volumes today.

A new study suggests always-improving video games are keeping young men without college educations unemployed or out of the workforce entirely.

The European Geosciences Union predicts that over 70% of glacier volume in the Everest region could be lost by 2100. One man has engineered a solution so that life in these regions can go on.

Have you heard that life is unlikely around low-mass, red dwarf stars? It might be time to rethink that flawed conclusion. “Laws of nature mixed with evolutionary/historical contingencies allow for […]

Don’t work with children or animals? Sir David Attenborough laughs in the face of danger.

Why are we so hung up on Pluto’s planetary status? Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson urges us to get over it already!

The study might also help us to identify the prodigy gene, should it exist.    

Stand up comedians are twice as likely to die younger than dramatic actors. And according to at least one published medical study, the funnier you are the earlier you could die young. 

New research shows that more Americans are giving up on weight loss. How can we change this trend?

Theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss explains why nothing is really something.

There’s a lot to learn about other worlds, but you can’t learn it all without looking up. “One should not need a teleportation device to decide whether a newly discovered object […]

“Human ambitions have no limits,” the Sheikh announcing the project said.   

Is it luck? Is it a numbers game? Science suggests that it may be a delicate mix of both. 

An amateur scientist reveals that cosmic debris from space is all over the place.

Shouldn’t that be Hindenburgburg, mate?

10 million cars with autonomous features will be on the road by 2020. But they won’t just change the way we get around, they’ll transform our cities and our lifestyle preferences, from the morning commute to the suburbs we choose to live in.

If you want to get from A to B more safely, be a little more choosy at the cab rank. 

A “new” field of medicine called chronotherapy demonstrates that following nature’s cycles, as our ancestors did, is integral to proper biological and cognitive function.

A growing body of scientific investigation now supports the conclusion that being hopeful has a distinctly positive effect on academic performance.

20 years before Sally Ride, Valentina Tereshkova set the bar. She’s still amazing after more than 50 years. “A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop […]

Scientists are conflicted about what causes car sickness, which may make a workaround difficult. 

There’s an app that detects manterruptions—but we round up the research to find out which groups of people are really doing the most interrupting.

Life may not be a rarity after all, but the result of a certain set of conditions.  

Albert Einstein shared his thoughts on the meaning of life and his own spiritual views.

Conceptual artist Jonathon Keats proposes neuroscience-based fashion.

Married Americans are now having sex 11 fewer times per year than in 2002, according to a new study published in the Archives for Sexual Behavior. What is causing this dramatic change? 

You are already a cyborg! Here’s 10 ways you could merge even more with technology in the coming decade.

The biologists who revealed why zebras have black-and-white stripes now also have a theory on the black-and-white fur of giant pandas.

A patient’s brain showed activity for nearly 10 minutes after death, baffling doctors and prompting the need for further research.