Elegance, beauty, and mathematical precision makes for a compelling story and an exquisite model. But it doesn’t make it right. Scientific theories, at their best, are simple, straightforward, full of predictive […]

Want to bet on yourself? Here's a lesson in embracing uncertainty from former World Series poker champion Annie Duke.

We should stop “celebrating” Valentines Day in elementary-school classrooms.

What if entanglement also occurs across time? Is there such a thing as temporal nonlocality?  

Dodge Ram has drawn the ire of social media after using audio clips of a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speech in a commercial that ran during Super Bowl LII.

Have you been feeling like democracy is in trouble lately? According to this report, you're right. 

If you blinked—or if you were in the wrong market—you might have missed a commercial for Scientology during the Super Bowl. You probably also missed the Twitter pushback.  

Plus, how the mycelium network’s destruction could, physically, actually end life in the Universe. Imagine taking a seemingly impossible journey: traveling to another Universe on a network of biological spores […]

Comments are the lifeblood of internet discussion. Here's some of the best one from this week. Did you make the cut? 

The answer is a resounding yes—but not if it's loaded with sugar and milk products. 

The first medicinal marijuana patient in Texas uses it to treat severe epilepsy. And although 10 companies are allowed to grow marijuana within Texas state borders, the substance itself is still illegal.

The internet and social media have made persuasive appeals more powerful than ever before.

Bret Weinstein says that we're at the end of a massive technological and geographic boom, and that we should prepare for the next step in our societal evolution. Yet the future may not be optimistic for all. A cultural backlash to change, he says, is inevitable.

A sea region has become the top place for maritime accidents, accounting for almost half the shipping disasters in the world.

A game designer creates games that can change attitudes and behaviors. 

Fascism very much could be alive and well in America in today's toxic political climate. After all, the appeal of fascism breeds in unhealthy democracies. We can’t be too careful, says political expert Rob Riemen.

The bacteria C. metallidurans is able to take trace amounts of gold and copper and turn it into teeny tiny gold nuggets a few nanometers in size. 

Anxiety disorders are common. Yet, many find current treatments methods only partially effective.

There are lots of properties inherent to particles, and while everyone has an antiparticle, not everyone is matter or antimatter. For every particle of matter that’s known to exist in […]

Feminist, author, and whistle-blower Rose McGowan joins us for a wide-ranging talk about the myths behind sexual abuse and why it's never O.K. to label someone with loaded words.