Could the upcoming Winter Olympics stand as a turning point, or will it be more of the same?

Magical thinking has always run deep in America, but in the last 30 years things have begun to escalate. "Nutty fringe ideas" are making their way into the mainstream.

Propofol does more than knock a patient out — it blocks neural connections.

Have you ever been curious about how curiosity works?

Here's the psychology that explains why many economists prefer to be narrowly right yet broadly wrong (they suffer from professional "rigor distortis").

We break down the eight specific brain functions that were evaluated by the President's recent cognitive assessment.

Once you start seceding, who's to say where it will stop?

15 million Aztecs were probably killed by a form of salmonella the Spanish brought from Europe.

Robert S. Kaplan, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, discusses the qualities of effective leadership and identifies some of the questions that every leadership should regularly […]

Multiple teams of scientists can’t agree on how fast the Universe expands. Dark matter may unlock why. There’s an enormous controversy in astrophysics today over how quickly the Universe is expanding. […]

Nigeria, which accounted for more than half of all polio cases in 2012, reported zero new cases of the infectious disease in 2017. 

Around 100 million adults in the United States are affected by chronic pain. What can we do about it?

You are not your government. An Iraqi is not theirs. Is it time to retune your perspective?

  The stories we wrap around ourselves, our neighbors. our children. The invisible stories we struggle against.   

While the concept of “burning” fat is not altogether wrong, the process of losing fat probably isn't what you imagine.

Despite his famous successes, Einstein also had some failures.

Diversity training programs can help make your organization a better place for people to work—improving employee engagement, productivity, and retention. A diverse workforce brings together many different perspectives, skills, and […]

Every third American reports that he or she has experienced it.

There is no reason for science and faith to be hostile to one another. If you want to figure out how the Universe works, you have to ask. Not by asking […]

Meteorites could be sowing life throughout the galaxy.