They're 3 billion light years away, but their collision can lead to answers to really big questions.

Sweating is your body's way of regulating internal temperature. It's not a cleansing program. 

There's only one guy on this whole planet who's done both. He tells us what it's like to experience two of the most extreme feats.

Does happiness require a rebellion against evolution?

Science gone horribly wrong. This infographic presents inventors where wiped out by their own creations. 

Hidden genes are at play in many species of birds and one desert-bound gerbil.   

Australian scientists discover how complex life first appeared on Earth – one of the "greatest mysteries of science".

Every business has goals—whether they’re as simple as “sell more” or as sophisticated as “apply design thinking to business processes to increase overall efficiency and reduce costs by X%.”

The Internet is all shadows and mirrors—but what if it were the central source of truth? Thanks to Blockchain technology, it's a future that's possible.

A new study shows that people who avoid negative emotion tend to be worse off psychologically, while those who accept bad feelings report higher well-being.

What if your car was an extension of yourself? Neuroscience, art, and engineering combine to give us a glimpse of that future.

A Duke University study that found over 40 percent of our actions aren’t actually decisions, but habits. Here's how to build good ones. 

From its symbolism within the Seven Kingdoms, to its political allegory for all of us beyond it, the season seven finale is an epic set-up for the final showdown.

Want to be hotter? Add more mass. Want to go even hotter than that? Lose almost all of it. “A candidate is not going to suddenly change once they get into […]

Our brains can do some pretty weird things to us sometimes. These prove it.   

Robotics is already changing how we live, shop, invest, travel, and soon, robo-caregivers will transform how we provide care. AI will deliver extraordinarily innovative services in support of our loved ones, but the use of robots to care for our children, elderly and disabled will also give rise to some very human questions.  

Nietzsche loved aphorisms, and here we have collected 15 of his greatest hits.

AI might be coming for many of the jobs in the future. But not this kind, and not ever. Here's why.

Another week, another selection of the wittiest and most chin-strokingly interesting comments from our Facebook audience. 

Scientists solve the mystery of an ancient Babylonian tablet, rewriting history. They think the tablet has much to teach us.