New research reveals we frequently worry about aging. Ironically, as we become older and the effects of aging set in, we tend to become more optimistic about life. 

Is coal on the way out? These new findings suggest that it is, but they suggest that for the first time one of the key drivers of this change is the free market.

A study finds that just 30 minutes of memory training per day, for 40 days, can reorganize your brain connectivity.

Methane gases from livestock production is contributing to the acceleration of global warming. Is a plant-based diet a smart way for individuals to curb the effects of climate change?

Ravenser Odd is just one of 29 towns swallowed by the North Sea

How are we preparing for the massive disruption that AI and automation will have on the workplace? We're not. Despite a PwC report stating that 38% of American jobs may be automated in the near future, US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin  states that losing jobs through AI is "not even on our radar screen."

The 24/7 nudge economy is emerging. Once-quiet appliances that waited for you to push their buttons are now pushing yours.

Virtual reality and psychedelics are paving new paths for treating mental health. 

A new study suggests you should show "sportsmanship" instead of complaining about problems at work.

What Hubble sees at its best is only a tease for what James Webb will deliver. “With the Hubble telescope and all the other things that are out there, I believe […]

A 17-year-old British schoolboy spots an error in the data from International Space Station's radiation sensors.

Even our most imaginative expectations of AI are only primitive — but as neuroscience understands the brain more deeply, it will unlock the full potential of hybrid intelligence.

Does the thought of death make you anxious? A new study suggests that the fear of mortality isn't really about the afterlife at all. 

Billionaire George Soros, the subject of countless conservative conspiracy theories, funds the opposition to President Trump's agenda.

You know what would make LEGO even better? A base tape that lets you build against gravity.

It's not that the brain is a quantum computer, but that we can use quantum theory to explain it. 

Two-thirds of all cancers are caused by DNA replication errors, according to Johns Hopkins researchers. But don't light a celebratory cigarette just yet.  

If it was good enough for more than 75 years, why not once again? “The cosmic game changed forever in 1992. Before then, logic told us that there had to be […]

The advent of portable technology has exploited our reptilian addiction switch like never before.

US scientists fearing for Earth's climate future begin testing solar geoengineering. The consequences may be terrifying — which is exactly why we need these small-scale experiments.