By wiping out 1 million species, we are hastening our own extinction.

On Friday, Uber will start publicly trading on the New York Stock Exchange, and drivers want to see some of that money.

The answer is surprisingly simple, if cataclysmic.

Buying cards and flowers on Mother's Day would make Anna Jarvis roll around in her grave.

We’re a long way from the beginnings of life on Earth. Here’s the key to how we got there. The Universe was already two-thirds of its present age by the time […]

Keith Whittington, Professor of Politics at Princeton University, breaks down three key free speech arguments by John Stuart Mill.

Artificial intelligence can now emulate human behaviors. What's next?

Is it the key to understanding why North Korea acts like it does, or an elaborate sham?

It all depends on what type of creativity we're discussing.

What if all planets were the same distance from Earth as the Moon?

 “Everything in society today that can be solved by straightforward analysis gets solved immediately,” says Leonard Mlodinow, theoretical physicist and author of Elastic. Unfortunately, many problems aren’t that simple. To work […]

Tips on how to intensify engagement with what you're reading.

These three things can help you make smarter and faster decisions.

Your co-workers could be causing your insomnia.

Who should sit atop the iron throne? Let your DNA decide. Here on Earth, we hold one important truth to be self-evident above all others: that all humans are created equal. […]

Controversial map names CEOs of 100 companies producing 71 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.

Geologists may have spotted evidence of the beginning stages of a subduction zone, a process that drives the movement of Earth's tectonic plates.

Over two billion people regularly eat insects. Why are Americans so squeamish?

Anxiety does not help other medical conditions, adding trouble on top of trouble.

Light exists outside of time.