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Luck doesn’t receive enough credit. 

Has the oldest problem in the book become taboo again? C. Nicole Mason expresses concern over a nation-wide moral failure that is leaving the U.S.’s most vulnerable to struggle in silence.

Scientists find a surprising relationship between yawning and brain size.

Physician Danielle Ofri argues that honest conversation is the most powerful mechanism for healing. 

Does a shot of espresso before walking into an exam make a difference?  

For those who still don’t believe in global warming, the science has had it right for half a century now. “Greenhouse gases are the second most important factor for climate, after […]

Poaching of African elephants has been a huge problem for decades, and the U.S. just took a major step toward addressing the issue.

If we want true greatness, let’s move toward a sustainable nutrition program that does more than throw trans-fat labels on processed foodstuffs.

The variety options for sweeteners can be overwhelming. A nutritionist at Johns Hopkins offers insights into how to simplify the sweet life.

New research produces surprising results about which animals are the smartest.

The value and morality of zoos is being questioned after the tragic shooting of a gorilla at Cincinnati Zoo.

Here’s why your wife won’t let you forget that stupid thing you did 6 months ago.  

New research verifies that each addresses a separate cognitive domain. 

Response to the passing of Antonin Scalia has been truly bipartisan: No one’s mourning and everyone’s demanding.

Both are beautiful gifts, but only one is a beautiful learning experience. “The time will come when diligent research over long periods will bring to light things which now lie […]

All remaining research chimps will be retired and relocated to sanctuaries.

Creating a fabric of knowledge to inspire and connect the world.

The Black Mambas regularly face unpredictable safari animals and heavily armed poachers.

As we consider the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, the question arises – can any war be fought as a “just” war?  

Two documentarians want to do something about it.

People go a little nuts when entire cities lose electrical power, and blackout events are getting more frequent, not less.

The world’s most powerful and influential nations are democracies that have been ineffective (at best) at combating climate change.

The shooting of two charismatic animals stirred international outrage. But a more important event to the developing world concern with animal welfare was publication of Carl Safina’s Beyond Words, What Animals Think and Feel.

The conflict between East and West predates America and Islam, says a book full of cool maps

Watch as three people attempt to stay awake for 36 hours.

South Korean researchers are serious (and seriously working hard) to bring the woolly mammoth back to life using cloning techniques that have already produced identical copies of dogs, cows, and, famously, Dolly the sheep.

Criticisms from animal rights activists and concerns for the elephants’ welfare have prompted the “Greatest Show on Earth” to retire its pachyderm performers in three years’ time.

The amount of salt used on Boston roads this past winter weighed more than the equivalent of over 20,000 elephants. Considering that about 84 percent of road salt makes it into our water, that’s a whole lot of pollution in only one season.

Portugal is Europe’s face? Only in a Pessoa poem. And on this map.

Chris Cuomo, a CNN anchor and the brother of New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, performed a valuable public service on Wednesday when he sent what I would hope is the […]