Just by looking at satellite images, AI can predict your income bracket, and tell us what wealth and poverty look like from space.

People are snorting chocolate in Europe and now in America.

‘Let there be light’ isn’t just biblical. It’s science. “By its very nature science knows no boundaries. Walling off any group, for any reason, from full participation damages the entire enterprise […]

The event brought scholars and comedians together to take a look at what’s funny and why.   

Your brain stops at the most comforting thought. The truth is somewhere beyond that. Using scientific skepticism as a guide, astrophysicist Lawrence Krauss outlines the questions that critical thinkers ask themselves.

Your resting expression may reveal your socio-economic status.

Studies using advanced space telescopes paint a fascinating picture of our early universe.   

New research on Uranus' magnetosphere could help scientists learn about distant systems, and refine the ways they search for alien life.

Great teamwork in any industry is built on trust and communication. Without effective communication techniques, vital information might get missed or misinterpreted. This can bring work to a halt, interrupt […]

When a phenomenon moves from “empirical correlation” to “theoretically explained,” that’s one of the biggest deals in science! “Space and time may have a structure as intricate as the fauna of […]

An interactive periodic table with pictures makes it easy to see how each element is used.

Once upon a time, hope meant confronting suffering, not avoiding it. Have overly sugary connotations about hope diminished its true grit?

Elon Musk is without  doubt one of the great visionaries of our age. But how did he get there? 

The largest study of its kind show a direct link between intelligence and mortality. The implications are huge. 

Did they perform their analysis sub-optimally? Maybe. But gravitational waves were seen no matter what. “We hope that interested people will repeat our calculations and will make up their own minds […]

The popular concept of introversion often differs from how psychologists define the term, but a new model seeks to clarify exactly what being an introvert means.

Stoicism and Buddhism are two of the oldest, and well known, schools of thought in the world. Would Marcus Aurelius, a famous Roman stoic, be a Buddhist today?

The Tour is both the oldest and most popular of the world's major cycling races. The Tour has been to Holland more often than it has been to Corsica.

How to stay safe and prepare yourself for the show of a lifetime! “Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse […]

A new study looks at how to make a successful smile.