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Google is looking to build an artificial brain, a fact that “some may consider thrilling and others deeply unsettling. Or both.”

This is the question the Supreme Court will ask in a few months when it hears oral argument in two cases it agreed to consider today. Both cases involve a […]

The only thing possibly worse than facing a creative blank is facing a creative overload—to find yourself drowning in a sea of influences with no guiding life preserver in sight. […]

Plastic? Where to start! It’s now the number one form of ocean debris, and muscled its way up the food chain, starting, of course, with hungry microbes. Recent research confirmed […]

Why is a manufacturing job superior to a job in any other sector?

The idea that Aaron Swartz fought for is that the public should have access to federal court documents as well as access to scholarly research that was being put behind paywalls.

Whoever the enemy is perceived to be, they are still a human being. Mandela spoke of peace and actively promoted forgiveness and reconciliation. 

Kohler is planning to offer an easy-to-install kit that converts a regular household toilet into one that flushes with a simple wave of the hand.

Baggy pants. A cane. A bowler hat. A mustache. These are the unlikely visual ingredients of one of the most important fictional characters of the last century around the world. […]

What one can do is absorb and act on the insight that events which we’ve been taught are abnormal are in fact normal and that normal collapses, normal breakdowns, normal crises occur within most human lives. 

The Joseon Dynasty ruled over Korea for more than half a millennium, stretching from 1392, when horses were still the main means of travel, to 1910, the dawn of the […]

The issue is learning the best questions to ask and learning how to interact once you have the knowledge to create new knowledge.

Scientific advances are coming fast and furious, and so it is becoming increasingly important to become familiar with aspects of genomics that will impact routine medical care in profound ways.    

At least three days a week, sets of employees at UCLA Health participate in a short “Bruin Break” with dance music and easy workout moves. It’s part of a growing nationwide initiative to incorporate more movement into the work day.

Andrew Solomon shares a powerful lesson about unconditional love, about finding strength in broken places and about redefining one’s identity. 

The “visionary” and “philosopher” Zoltan Istvan says that, as an atheist, he must be a transhumanist.  You probably  think I’m going to start mocking transhumanism again.  Once again, you’ve misjudged […]

Trying to support as many people as possible made me a much more effective negotiator. 

Given all the stars, galaxies and what we know about the laws governing reality, how many planets are there in our observable Universe? “Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as […]

Don’t count on it. 

We usually reserve the term ‘suffering’ for major traumas: death, divorce, political upheaval, natural disasters. While such tragedies certainly account for much of our personal and social anguish,  the minor […]

New research completed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified a specific gene that may help manage our skill level for organizing things logically. 

It’s easier than you might think, and we’ve been doing it for over a century. “The doctors realized in retrospect that even though most of these dead had also suffered from […]

Athleticism is commonly believed to rely on two factors: genetics and practice. Which is most important? 

Impostor syndrome is common among highly successful people–particularly women, minority groups, and people from cultural or socioeconomic backgrounds that are different from their peers.

Although Saturday’s (Oct. 26) planned protest was partially thwarted by a heavy police presence, activists are encouraging women to continue driving — and to post the proof online — in defiance of culturally-imposed restrictions.

We know that the Universe has been around for 13.8 billion years, but we also know we can see for 46 billion light-years. How is this possible? “Nature decrees that […]

No snark, no sarcasm, no judgement, just the genuine, honest answers to 22 creationist messages. “In science it often happens that scientists say, ‘You know that’s a really good argument; […]

First instituted over 60 years ago to help care for war orphans, the schools eventually began to attract a more moneyed clientele. Today, supporters say they promote independence, while critics say they leave some kids feeling abandoned.

Whatever the mania, you can be certain that credentialed egg-heads, professional do-gooders, and compulsive busy-bodies will claim access should be curtailed, controlled or even cut off, “for the children.”

The six people who are selected to participate in the Mars Society’s project will spend an entire year at a station located 900 miles from the North Pole.