It’s graduation season and young people everywhere are listening to speeches rife with promises of new beginnings. With one baby boomer turning 67 every seven to eight seconds, many older […]

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory released a video that captured multiple 'sun tornadoes,' or plasma moving across the sun’s surface. 

A recent study indicates that parts of the western US have experienced a significant increase in the amounts of dust being blown around. Possible causes include drought and changes in land use.

When you pay in advance, not only will the meal be more likely to feelfree once it rolls around, you’ll also get the additional benefit of enjoying the anticipation of the meal.

A recent paper hypothesizes that the material that comprises most of the matter in the universe may consist of a type of theoretical particle whose signature has already been detected by scientists.

Their new report suggests that it's not too late to implement changes that will help prevent a 2-degree global temperature increase by 2100.

"Everything happens for a reason" is my very least favorite thing for someone to say.

Two thousand Oklahoma City students were given free mobile phones that sent them encouraging texts each day. After nine months, they said they valued education more, but there was no corresponding increase in achievement.

Is NYT columnist Bill Keller right that it is “a blessing in disguise” for “a supporter of diversity” for the Supreme Court to restrict even further “the use of race […]

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." Really?

The sushi restaurant chain YO!Sushi has introduced a flying drone server at its flagship restaurant in London.

The tools that philosophers use are also tools for everyday life. 

A fetish for failure has been sweeping the blogosphere, the Twitterverse, and the broader market for ideas for a couple of years now. It’s ridiculous, and here’s why.

You need to maintain a network that’s not only deep but also broad. 

            A recent decision regarding genetically modified food by an appeals court in the Phillipines was a dramatic victory for the emotional appeals of environmentalists, and an ominous defeat for […]

In my experience, about 80 percent of requests get a meaningful lead that a person couldn’t have gotten otherwise. 

My heaven, nirvana, would be if the questions that are raised by Oprah Winfrey would be answered by the faculty of Harvard University.

Proust’s lesson is, "I lay in bed and by looking at things properly, and I felt properly alive."

Among the many things about America that the American Civil War changed was its art. Painting and sculpture simply couldn’t be the same. In these sesquicentennial years, every aspect of […]

A Pew Research Center/Washington Post poll released on Monday showed that for a majority of Americans, catching terrorists is more important than intrusions on personal privacy.