Companies are investing in data-driven solutions that can shine a light on which business practices aren't working while offering solutions for improvement.

When an artist achieves visibility in popular culture — when they become famous — their work is forever changed.

Only after riders spend $35 on cab fare is it less expensive to take an Uber in New York City, according to researchers at Cambridge University, UK.

A major psychology journal has banned the use of the near-universally adopted practice of significance testing, citing recent evidence of the technique's unreliability. What will be the fallout for psychology as a field?

When he watched his close friend, one of the toughest of the tough in his Navy SEAL basic training class, fall to pieces after deployment to Afghanistan, Eric Greitens knew he had to write a book on resilience.

A new study concludes that some measures of intelligence peak much later in life than previously thought, like being able to accurately judge others' emotions, explaining why we often think of older people as wiser.

Our obsession with optimization has edged out our use for a gut. Instead of relying on instinct, we fall back on data to tell us how to optimize everything from productivity to life.

There’s a chance the Earth will turn green, and even though there’s no such thing as a green star, perhaps someday, the Sun will, too. “‘You are a different kind […]

It's widely thought that there's an age when you're at your mental prime, and then begin the decline. Not so, according to researchers. Different ages means reaching new peaks in your mental abilities.

Americans have accepted that the government spies on us, but a fair amount of people consider the government's actions acceptable.

Millennials don't actively seek out news — if it doesn't appear in their Facebook feed, they probably aren't going to see it.

A recent spat between Sen. Ted Cruz and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden represents the always-sticky relationship between Congress and the U.S. space agency.

You're worth sticking up for.

Not to dampen the enthusiasm for all you bracketologists out there, but the odds of accurately predicting the NCAA tournament range from 1 in 128 billion to 1 in 9.2 quintillion. 

Researchers think our adverse reactions to being lonely are nature's way of motivating us to find a social group in order to survive.

Your sleep-type may have some bearing on your tendencies to be punctual (or not). Morning people tend to be on time more than night owls, according to researchers.

Depression alters people's perceptions of how things feel. But time, which may seem like such a static thing, feels different to people with depression — it feels slower.

It’s been 43 years since humans walked on the Moon. Here’s our final view. “Curiosity is the essence of human existence. ‘Who are we? Where are we? Where do we […]

"The defect of equality," wrote the bombastic French dramatist, "is that we only desire it with our superiors."

An electric car built specifically for wheelchair users aims to help them be more independent.