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Frank W. Abagnale says scammers don’t discriminate — here’s what you can do to protect yourself.

In the next two to three years we’ll see passwords go away in a way that’s long overdue.

What subjects and ideas do you discuss with your friends when you see them?

From talking about Schrödinger’s cat to nuking the South Pole, this decades-old interview shows why Kaku was born to be a science educator.

And Dr. Jill Tarter never once lost her composure.

Why we need sacred places.

One study says reduce red meat consumption; another says enjoy. Which should we believe?

Expert opinion is divided on how effective riots can be on causing social change. However, these five examples show they can do something.

Among the variety of human screams, it is screams of terror that stand out most vividly.

The NICER experiment, designed to measure neutron stars as never before, just released their first pulsar map, and it’s amazing. After typical supernovae, remnant collapsed cores of matter are left behind. […]

Long-lasting capsule can remain in the stomach and release contraceptive drugs over several weeks.

E-cigarettes might possibly be safer than traditional cigarettes, but they come with their own risks.

Because geocaches are always hidden out of sight, players often have to behave in out-of-the-ordinary ways to reach them.

With little progress on other avenues to preventing mass shootings, one firm has employed architecture to save students.

Do you get worried or angry? Ever forget to tithe? One minister has bad news for you.

Lucy in the Sky film doesn’t deliver what it implies, but is a wacky docudrama instead.

“That which does not kill us, makes us stronger”?

Psychologists discover why people participate in scary attractions.

A year ago, a puzzling gap existed between black holes and neutron stars. With nearly a year of new data, LIGO solves the puzzle. On Monday, March 16, 2020, astrophysicist Carl […]

Before we release new technology into the ether, we need to make safeguards so that bad actors can’t misuse them.

Most people don’t just think the world should be run meritocratically, they think it is meritocratic.

Even before publication, health agencies were asking the journal not to publish the research.

Conversation helps sexual satisfaction and desire, especially with partners in committed relationships.

When we send messages to the stars, just what are we getting ourselves into?

Objects coming into our solar system have an origins story to tell.

The cartoon heard ’round the world and what happened after.

The term “self-actualization” is often bandied about on the web, but how does one go about becoming self-actualized really?

Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, is a programmer. When he got the idea to begin posting free online classes, he was able to get the basic infrastructure in place […]

Living 150 years sounds great… till you consider the effects on population.

This culinary map of Los Angeles proves the city is more than just the world’s movie capital.