Orion Jones

China’s budget carrier Spring Airlines wants passengers to stand during flights so planes can carry more coach-class travelers on short-haul flights.

If we all lived under the intense scrutiny to which we are currently subjecting national news anchor Brian Williams, each of us would be discredited, say neuroscientists who study memory.

Chemicals found naturally in grapes are highly effective at preventing fat buildup in the liver and encouraging the body to metabolize sugar rather than store it.

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.

Why do we prefer Mr. or Ms. Okay over Mr. or Ms. Perfect? A deeply rooted evolutionary bias propels us to take the surest route to passing on our genes.

When we don’t slow down and don’t allow our thoughts to be expressed completely, we end up talking past each other. 

Since 1946, five major exams that quantify intelligence have shown a steady pattern in which students who choose majors in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are generally more intelligent.

What victims really want from the person who wronged them, according to studies conducted in the US and Europe is a sense of genuine remorse along with a sincere apology.

New research led by popular neuroscientist David Eagleman demonstrates that our brain reacts to corporate behavior as though individual people were taking action.

Crisis counsellors are speaking directly to young people where they are most comfortable communicating, in a text message.

Preschoolers demonstrate stronger academic achievement when lessons about caring and mindfulness are integrated into the traditional curriculum, say educational researchers in Wisconsin.

The state of Colorado is legally obligated to return a portion of the excess tax revenue generated by legal marijuana sales, but now, state legislatures are balking at the rule.

As a physician-assisted suicide bill sits before committee in the California state legislature, Ira Byock, MD, urges a critical examination of the way supporters draw attention to their cause.

Frozen water at the poles of the moon represents a potential cash cow for firms that want to capitalize on the emerging private space industry.

For the first time since the Vikings sailed, the Icelandic public will soon be able to worship classical Norse gods like Odin, Thor, and Frigg at a public temple built in their honor.

“We’ve become a less violent species because we recognize the futility and the undesirability of violence.”

A team of scientists at the University of Pennsylvania has successfully modeled how group decisions form from seeming chaos.

Winners of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival have been announced and distribution deals have been cut (to the disappointment of on-demand platforms like Netflix and Amazon).

Gaps in public services available to women are closing, but women still lack a participatory voice in economic and political matters.

Without a nuanced understanding of what it means to be authentic, we easily shirk the effort required to fully explore our range of personal and professional potential.

Pope Francis’ remarks on climate change, that we must collectively account for our mistreatment of nature, has also weakened the GOP’s political narrative in which they appear as the party of God.

The theories that physicists have amassed over the centuries to explain our understanding of the universe are ultimately paradoxical.

High-intensity exercise is better at preventing conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, than typical sustained activities like jogging or biking.

Denmark fell seven places on the OECD Better Life Index of overall life satisfaction; plummeting oil prices have made Norwegians jumpy; and Sweden is coping with increased racial polarization.

Americans are quickly losing interest in the country’s most infamous contribution to global culture: the fast food restaurant.

Knowing how to schedule and run an efficient meeting can mean the difference between your employees feeling positively about their day or believing they are slowing wasting their lives.

A person’s appearance—specifically, their facial features—helps determine whether we assess their motives favorably or if we naturally suspect them of vice.

A new study—the largest and most comprehensive of its kind—has thrown doubt on the theory that the mind’s subconscious helps work out difficult problems.

Despite the booming use of Internet porn and conversations skeptical of sexual norms pervading popular culture, physical sexuality remains restricted to private life.

Far from dodging the issue of the environment, the mayor of Beijing, Wang Anshun, recently called his own city “unlivable” due to air pollution caused by industry, driving, and a population boom.