People often argue that most Western societies have achieved gender equality. Despite this, feminists continue to argue that the battle is not yet won.

The weather in most parts of Russia forces drivers to face harsh conditions — snow, mud, and poor visibility. It's in this environment that Cognitive Technologies saw an opportunity.

Newly released documents show how the FBI paid Best Buy Geek Squad employees to report customers who had child pornography on their computers, a relationship that might have violated customers’ Fourth Amendment rights.

A less well-known facet of de Beauvoir's philosophy, particularly relevant today, is her political activism.

This study also gives some insight on whether gender identity is learned or is biological.

If your BMI is higher than 30, you're technically obese. These maps show how many people per European country (and U.S. state) suffer from that medical condition.

The possibilities were almost limitless, so why does everything line up? Our Solar System is an orderly place, with the four inner planets, the asteroid belt, and the gas giant worlds […]

Jeff Bezos is now worth a record $112 billion. Yes, billion with a "b".

The indirectly find was completely unexpected, and, if it holds up, could give the James Webb Space Telescope its first tantalizing target. In the quest to understand our Universe, and […]

Why are some people so much luckier than others? It's the way they play the game.

Debates about the kind of sex that we should be having are focused on the issue of individual choice and sexual autonomy. We are living, it seems, in the age of consent.

Plogging represents the intersection of personal and ecological health.

A new study from scientists in China suggests that medical devices could one day restore vision to the blind.

The ever-elusive “soft” skills tied to a high emotional intelligence (EQ) remain a key differentiator between wildly successful employees and ones who may struggle to effectively collaborate with their peers. […]

One of astronomy’s most iconic sights in an artifact of faulty optics. Here’s how a new, great design will overcome it. When you look out at the greatest images of the […]

More overweight people are no longer trying to lose weight and the health implications are not good.

It might seem like humanity disagrees over basic values, but the data is in: we actually don't.

March 6 marked the 50th successful launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9, which the company plans to soon use to send humans into space.

Experts can't agree on exactly when or where, however.

So-called 'positive stress' has been growing in popularity among Silicon Valley workers.