If you cloned yourself perfectly, would the clone have the same mind? At the heart of this question is an investigation into what – and where – consciousness is.

"Shut up and take my money" isn't just a meme anymore, it's the way people are increasingly choosing to access art, news, and culture.

When galaxy clusters merge together, they form the largest objects the Universe will ever create. “On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in […]

In March 2017, the New Zealand government made history by passing the Te Awa Tupua Bill.

Australia could soon ban unvaccinated children from attending preschools nationwide. 

A new study explains why and how people choose to avoid information and when that strategy could be beneficial.

America's most popular conspiracy theories and the science behind them.

The beloved honeybee has more in common with vertebrates that anyone thought.  

A new study from Johns Hopkins University supports making birth control pills available without a prescription.

A Swiss scientist identifies the top predator in the world in a new study.

Knowing the details of genetic variance may help improve personalized medicine.   

A new study reveals the positive effect being vegetarian can have on the production of greenhouse gases.

Space is getting bigger, but atoms, humans, Earth and our Milky Way stay the same size. How is this possible? “The Universe is expanding the way your mind is expanding. […]

Political correctness can go the f*ck to sleep, says Adam Mansbach. The term has been co-opted by so many social factions that it's more of a hindrance to the cause of respect than a help.

If you're not doing relational thinking, you're not really thinking, says psychotherapist Esther Perel. Understanding how complementarity between people and partners works is critical to success.

1.5 million children die each year from preventable diseases arising from poor sanitation systems. That's why some of the world's top scientists are working to make a 21st-century toilet without links to water, energy, or sewer lines, and which costs users under $0.05 a day.

Evolution exists and exerts itself in a different way than gravity does… because natural selection is an "algorithmic force." 

Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Comedy writer and producer Scott Aukerman on Michael Bolton, transgression in comedy, and cultural turmoil in the USA. 

So you think you're "not a math person"? International Mathematical Olympiad coach Po-Shen Loh strongly disagrees.

Freeze it, boil it, or expose it to radiation. The water bear shrugs it off. Now we know why.