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The European Commission is about to pass some laws regulating the future of the Internet. Here’s how to make sure these laws are fair and just.

Catch up on the phenomenon known as ASMR, which is exploding in popularity and may be linked to the appeal of religion.

Being an American president is a powerful but dangerous job, a fact shown by many assassination attempts.

A set of new studies that used large-scale computer simulations found that life might be more common throughout other universes than previously thought.

What are the health and environmental effects of electric night light?

Going for a run does a brain and body good.

Truth is, dinosaurs aren’t as distinct as you may think, but to find out why, we first have to consider how we got the term “dinosaur.”

With the death of Markeis McGlockton, the debate over stand your ground laws has reignited. Proponents believe they make us safe, while opponents claim they encourage vigilantism. While a consensus may be inconclusive, studies suggest such laws aren’t as effective as their drafters intended.

Ever think you’d see a single atom without staring down the barrel of a powerful microscope?

Germany has long harbored varying degrees of anti-Americanism, but a new survey suggests those sentiments have grown particularly strong.

Who are the new black atheists and what is behind their recent growth?

Looks like we finally know some answers that they didn’t in 1940.

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that AT&T may purchase Time Warner, without any conditions, arguing that the $85 billion deal doesn’t violate antitrust law.

Atheism has been called many things over the years. Is it a cult, and what is a cult anyway?

Various studies have found that, on average, belief in God is associated with lower scores on IQ tests.

Does religion help us survive? No more than moths thrive in flame, says Richard Dawkins.

How do you go from background extra to leading man? Listen to acting legend Bryan Cranston’s pragmatic advice.

His book warns us of the dangers of mass media, passivity, and how even an intelligent population can be driven to gladly choose dictatorship over freedom.

If the neural crest hypothesis is correct, humans are the first domesticated animals. But who, or what, tamed us?

Sudan leaves behind only two other northern white rhinos, but artificial reproductive technologies could provide a future for the subspecies.

We all want to help our children learn and a new study shows that encouraging curiosity might be the best way to do it.

Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Biologist Richard Dawkins on speaking plainly, animal cruelty, Christopher Hitchens and so much more. 

Free market ideology uses democratic vocabulary as propaganda, obscuring a non-democratic reality.

We’ve got the biggest comments. The best comments. You’re going to have such good comments that you’re going to be sick of how good these comments are. Believe me. 

All science begins with a leap of intuition, says Richard Dawkins, but we can only ever find objective truths by knowing when to let evidence take over from emotion.

Will A.I. take us over, and one day look back on this time period as the dawn of their civilization? Richard Dawkins posits an interesting idea, or at the very least a premise to a good science-fiction novel.

The game is afoot! It seems Shakespeare borrowed language from his contemporaries more directly than we previously realized. 

He was one of the most intelligent men on the planet. But he had a knack for making people laugh, and it helped him spread his message of science and discovery.

Really puts the whole “don’t give up until you’re dead” thing to shame.

The construction, if and when it happens, could take five or more years.