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As human beings we all must do some work for basic survival—but how much? Is there a “minimum daily requirement” of work?

A new survey of 1,256 Americans finds out how much we dream—and have nightmares—about the same things.

The first component of a planned “space kingdom” has been launched into orbit.

You are going to die. So am I. These are facts.

It’s an incredibly exciting time to be alive, especially if you’re an explorer. We may have been to almost every point on the globe, but there is so much left to understand.

In his latest book, Selfie, Will Storr explores the history of self-obsession, and wonders how we can fix it.

“The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think,” Albert Einstein said. So go back to school, Ivy League style.

Of course, the reality is even worse than these maps suggest.

Communication is more than a string of words that gets across static information. The language we use to converse does more than give facts—it can actually offer understanding.

“We don’t notice one another nearly as much as we think we do,” says Alan Alda. Here’s how the actor inspired a scientific study on empathy.

Scientists solve the mystery of an ancient Babylonian tablet, rewriting history. They think the tablet has much to teach us.

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

No human gets everything they want in life, as Ariel Levy discovered in the worst possible way.

Lots of colorful characters went looking for the Yeti. And there have been several hoaxes.   

A new study challenges what we understand about the workings of time.

Dr. Larry Brilliant played a key role in eradicating smallpox from the world – so what are the biggest dangers humanity faces now? Brilliant rates politics as on-par with infectious disease.

It’s more than the Spore Drive, it’s about the heart of science fiction. If you’ve been following Star Trek: Discovery, you knew what we were headed for going into the mid-season […]

Self-driving hobbyists and researchers can now build a self-driving vehicle for around $700. Utilizing free software and hardware plans from George Hotz’s startup Comma, brave enthusiasts are crowdsourcing solutions as we move towards more autonomous vehicles.  

There are four main traits of temperament and two subsets of each. Which are you?   

It isn’t just the morality that’s dubious in the newest iteration of Star Trek. “If I die trying but I’m inadequate to the task to make a course change in the […]

NASA scientists discover what two places in the solar system might have favorable conditions for alien life.

If you thought our galaxy was just the luminous matter within it, think again. “Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that […]

In one of the best examples of free education this year, Pixar has released a six-part online course called ‘The Art of Storytelling’.   

The first time you think of something in a totally new way, says Alan Eustace, people will think you’re crazy.

Are you a maverick or are you a mouse? Author Julian Guthrie brings us one of the great entrepreneurial adventure stories of our time in ‘How to Make a Spaceship’.

The story of the Penn Jilllette’s weight loss is, as you might expect, quite extreme. In fact it was the radical nature of his diet that attracted him to it in the first place.

Apparently, Einstein shared a similar outlook on time as what’s proposed here.  

Proportional theory, telescopy, time pressure, and the reminiscence bump may each play a role.   

A minister misspeaks – and accidentally creates an entire Latin American country

If you have dreams of space, here’s your guide… to more than just school! “I’m coming back in… and it’s the saddest moment of my life.” –Ed White, at the end […]