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40% of today’s students work full time while another 40% are over the age of 25. Here’s how to change higher education to fit today’s students.

A look back at the rise of solar power in the US and what’s next.

Skilled hunters adapted to the changing landscape and left tantalizing clues to who they were.

They are expected to be cheaper to build and even more reliable than today’s nuclear plants.

On December 19 1972, astronauts Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the Apollo 17 lunar mission. They were the last people to travel […]

To know how to protect its astronauts, NASA needs to first understand the threat.

There will always be “wolf-criers” whose claims wither under scrutiny. But aliens are certainly out there, if science dares to find them.

Symmetrical objects are less complex than non-symmetrical ones. Perhaps evolution acts as an algorithm with a bias toward simplicity.

Fossils of Australopithecus in a South African cave are one million years older than previously thought. This challenges the consensus that humans first evolved in East Africa.

Civilization was built on ceremony.

As far as we know, it’s only happened once to one unlucky person in Oklahoma.

In the future, driving an app across a bridge could let engineers know how safe it is.

One of Apple’s key innovations serves as a psychological breakthrough, as its technology eliminates the isolating feel of headset use.

A machine learning system lets visitors at a Kandinsky exhibition hear the artwork.

We will become billions of people who share a single vast intellect.

The acceptance of our cosmic loneliness and the rarity of our planet is a wakeup call.

No matter your company role, the road to a happy and robust team culture can be built on unconditional regard for others.

There’s a limit to how large planets can be, and it’s only about double the radius of Jupiter. At least, so far.

Finding it at all was a happy accident. Examining it further may help unlock the secrets hiding within the earliest galaxies of all.

Science is for everyone, even those possessing strongly held beliefs that seem to conflict with the best available evidence.

Best-selling author Todd Rose reveals how most Americans share common aspirations for the country.

The “Shopping Cart Litmus Test” is a popular meme about morality. What does it really reveal about one’s character?

This is the latest study to confirm that the brain does not fully mature until at least the third decade of life.

What if intelligence can thrive without consciousness?

Two scientists recently wagered a bottle of whiskey. The bet? Whether we’ll find evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life in the next 15 years.

Why would the Earth suddenly start vomiting forth huge quantities of mud?

For decades, cinemas have earned more from concessions than ticket sales. But can their current business model survive in the streaming age?

Ultracold gases in the lab could help scientists better understand the universe.

We have pipelines for oil and natural gas. Why not water?

Not every “expert” has the expertise to back up their argument.