What's changed since Anita Hill took on Clarence Thomas in 1991? The power of the accuser.

Some philosophers have tried to base morality on human nature, but what does biology say about that?

‘Total work’, a term coined by the German philosopher Josef Pieper just after the Second World War in his book Leisure: The Basis of Culture (1948), is the process by which human beings are transformed into workers and nothing else.    

A study of moose skull sizes on a remote island shows the effects of global warming.

We can “read” genes with ease now, but still can’t say what most of them “mean.” To show why we need clearer “causology” and fitter metaphors, let's scrutinize cars and their parts like we do bodies and genes.

If you haven’t finished your holiday shopping yet, consider these 10 gifts, good any time of year! One of the hardest things when it comes to holiday shopping is to find […]

A massive solar project has just been completed, and its specs are impressive.

This holiday season, ask the questions you don't know the answer to.

With so many charities relying on these donations to achieve their goals, how do we choose between them? How do we know how much impact our dollars actually have?  

A NYT article says the Defense Department been tracking mystery aircraft.

Just like everything else in life, good health is all about timing.

In 2016 Americans spent $16.4 billion on cosmetic plastic surgery. What does that say about the health of our psyche? 

Imagine reading by plant light, and glow-in-the-dark trees instead of street lamps. That's on the horizon thanks to these engineers.

Self-Directed Learning (SDL) empowers employees to control their own development and education. A well-executed SDL initiative can improve the speed at which employees gain new skills and increase engagement with […]

We’ve come so far since 2015; what do we know about dark matter now that we didn’t know then? Back in 2015, the dark matter situation was pretty straightforward: the large-scale […]

And science itself even proves it.

A once-impossible new technique creates fusion energy with powerful lasers and without radioactive fuel.

History shows us why we can't trust centralized power. So what can we trust?

Cute things are usually vulnerable, fragile, and weak. But cuteness itself is mighty indeed.  

Many participants smoked and drank, and enjoyed the benefits of health and longevity anyway.