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Maybe the only chance they have to tell their story before they’re gone.

The widely beloved chef, writer and TV host Anthony Bourdain was found dead Friday morning at age 61. Here’s a brief look at the work and life that made him an international culinary star.

Now is a good time to brush up on who’s on the ballot.

Over a 100 North Korean ships have washed up on Japan’s shores since the start of 2017.

On Sept. 2, a fire spread through Rio de Janeiro’s National Museum, devouring the historic building and most of its 20 million culturally and scientifically important items. We look at nine priceless artifacts and collections likely lost in the blaze.

We look at the most common New Year’s resolutions and get expert advice to help you check them off 2019’s to-do list.

A new survey of 1,021 Americans finds that we still have lots of questions and concerns about GMOs and that we don’t even really know when we’re consuming them.

Scientists realize that fish are sentient and intelligent, though unfortunately, they also get depressed.

On April 20, Nintendo will release Labo, a new gaming system that tasks kids with creating interactive games with cardboard cutouts and the Nintendo Switch.

New studies support the benefits of the Mediterrean Diet.

Mind-boggling as it is, some of the world’s roundest countries are also some of the most rectangular ones.

What do Finland, religious animals, the American economy, fish, and Walmart have in common? They were all part of our comments of the week. Did you make the cut?

America isn’t immune to attempts to remove books from libraries and schools, here are ten frequent targets and why you ought to go check them out.

The data has been taken, collected, and analyzed. So where is the first image of an event horizon, already? Across multiple continents, including Antarctica, an array of radio telescopes observe the […]

Faith is in retreat, atheism is on the march. But only in China does a majority positively state they don’t believe in God.

The online dating world has become more and more profitable as single people search for love.

Choosing a diet is hard for many people. But it doesn’t have to be.

Only 5-15% of the World Ocean’s floor has been mapped. This herculean effort is set to tackle our planet’s last frontier.

Those at risk for breast cancer should pay particular attention.

A new quiz by the University of California reveals just how much carbon your diet is creating.

Fortunately, there are a few things you can do to help stop the flow of plastics into our oceans.

A record-breaking 515 contestants competed in the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee where they faced words like Soubresaut, Condottiere, and Amyloid.

The results have implications for psychology, neurology, robotics and A.I.

Newly released documents show how the FBI paid Best Buy Geek Squad employees to report customers who had child pornography on their computers, a relationship that might have violated customers’ Fourth Amendment rights.

Even though 18,000 species are discovered and named each year we are still losing ground, writes the College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Going back to the basics is often the best path forward.

Do these five experiments right in your own living room, and explore some of the most baffling phenomena in all of nature. It’s a revolutionary idea that the Universe is made […]

Thousands of scientists from 184 countries have endorsed an open letter that outlines some of the Earth’s most pressing environmental problems.

Scientists discover an antibody that blocks the triggering of allergic reactions.

When novelists and poets reveal their writing process we learn a great deal about our own development.