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A shining bauble among a diffuse cloud of stellar debris has a tremendously interesting physics story behind it. “Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; […]

We are living in the lucky days of cancer research. Two revolutions in cancer therapy — one successfully tested by President Jimmy Carter — are giving patients of all kinds a new hope.

1 in 3 people over the age of 65 live alone in the United States, and by age 85 it’s 1 in 2. Loneliness is an epidemic. Here’s how to fight it.

Penn Jillette just got born again – but don’t fortify the gates of heaven just yet, because it’s his atheism that he’s renewed, to account for blanket religious vilification and hate politics.

Sitting for eight hours a day is bad for our health, this we know. But there’s not enough evidence to prove standing is any better for our wellbeing, according to one meta-analysis.

The FAA has issued a mysterious advisory telling pilots not to trust their GPS for several days this June.

The placebo effect is real. Why don’t many people agree?

And if it were, is there any way we could detect that this were the case? “Do I believe, for example, that by using magic I could fly? No. How would […]

Professor Patrick McGovern, a world authority on ancient alcoholic beverages, describes how alcohol had a profound effect on early societies.

New psychology study finds people of higher intelligence to be much less physical than non-thinkers. You can take the utilized Need for Cognition Test yourself here to see if you’re a thinker.

A Yale study finds implicit racial bias in a study of 132 white and black preschool educators, but in different ways.

Psychologist and writer Maria Konnikova looks at the mechanisms of human nature that have allowed con artists, religious authorities, and cult leaders to prevail for thousands of years.

With a renaissance going on in psychedelic research, is making us better people included? 

Spiritual teacher Rob Bell believes that atheism is eroding certain religious teachings, and it’s a good thing.

Swiping a bank card and Venmo-ing your friends has made money more abstract than ever – and therefore so much easier to thoughtlessly spend. A proposed new tech device would make cash-free purchases tactile again.

University of California, Davis researchers announce the disappointing results of their implantation of human stem cells in pigs.

Will we be building a better world or a more homogeneous one?  

Richard Gleick talks about one vital trait geniuses all seem to share.

Meteorologist Cliff Mass explains why and how U.S. weather forecasting is falling behind.

According to neuroscience, fear is killing us.

Something isn’t right about the Universe without something extra. So why can’t scientists agree on what that “extra” thing is? “All we know so far is what doesn’t work.” –Richard Feynman […]

Perhaps the limits of what we can observe aren’t just artificial; perhaps there are no limits to what’s out there at all. “Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, […]

3.5 million Americans have ASD today, and the rate has been increasing since the year 2000. Experts aren’t sure why. But a new study offers insights on how autism develops and what might be done to prevent it.   

https://players.brightcove.net/2097119709001/4kXWOFbfYx_default/index.html?videoId=5042734601001 In the more than 40 years since Apollo ended, we’ve never gone farther. “I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before.” –Michael Collins On […]

Languages the world over have words for love we all seem to understand.

The explosive success on Pokémon Go ushers in an age of augmented reality that will change us.

We know the benefits about positivity. What about grumpiness? 

The most impactful technology inventions in history are ranked.

We are only just beginning to understand how easy access to information is reshaping how we think.   

The gun industry is in the business of selling its products. Exploiting our belief system is part of its corporate model.