Want more realistic sci-fi? Consult a scientist. Here’s how you get access. “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” –Isaac […]

Researcher found putting fruit flies on a time-restricted diet helped them become healthier; maybe it could do the same for humans.

Male war heroes are more likely to snag a date than their female counterparts. It seems warrior-women don't meet with our primate brain's idea of attractive, according to researchers.

True to form, Americans are vastly more optimistic than their counterparts in the developed world, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.

Even though some people tend to be right more often than others, we often treat the opinions of everyone equally.

What would happen if you pulled a tiny chunk out of a neutron star? “Try to imagine what it will be like to go to sleep and never wake up… […]

Every occurrence is a mixed bag of good and bad, pleasure and pain.

Happy Pi Day! We've compiled some fun facts from across the internet in commemoration of 3.14.15. And just in case you're curious, the world's most famous irrational number boasts a "1" as its millionth digit.

Classical theology begins with the premise that God is infinite, but how can humans possibly have knowledge of God when infinity is, by definition, beyond the bounds of human imagination?

Bestselling author Gretchen Rubin explains that habits are "like the invisible architecture of everyday life," a topic she explores in her new book Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives.

Industrial innovations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries enabled "the largest hunt in human history" out of which several whale populations were almost eradicated.

For five years, an organization called Dunna: Creative Alternatives for Peace has encouraged the practice of yoga for both victims and ex-militants of the ongoing Colombian conflict.

Microsoft Senior Director of Search Stefan Weitz discusses the future of search technology.

"The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable. No virtuous man — that is, virtuous in the Y.M.C.A. sense — has ever painted a picture worth looking at, or written a symphony worth hearing, or a book worth reading."

"If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you."

"To deny political equality is to rob the ostracised of all self-respect; of credit in the market place; of recompense in the world of work; of a voice among those who make and administer the law; a choice in the jury before whom they are tried, and in the judge who decides their punishment."

"I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others, but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life."  

In January, Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, threw down the gauntlet on education in his State of the State Address: “Last year, less than 1 percent of teachers in New […]

"Life is like riding a bicycle," wrote the renowned theoretical physicist to his son Eduard. "To keep your balance you must keep moving."  

When the stress of work has become unbearable, you may feel triggered to reach for the snack drawer and grab a treat. However, a short, 15-minute walk has the power to stave off those unhealthy food cravings.