A huge body of water beneath a Bolivian volcano has scientists excited.

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden told an audience we should not be "putting too much faith or fear elected officials." This includes Donald Trump.

In its latest efforts to keep improving its curriculum and make its pupils more equipped to succeed in the modern world, Finland has rethought the concept of a subject for its basic schools (students aged 7 to 16). 

With a whole-planet comparison, you’d never confuse the two worlds. But from their surfaces, telling them apart is harder than you’d think. Image credit: NASA. Think you can tell the red […]

These clinics offer shining testimonials. Yet, the technique has not been proven safe and effective.   

Under President Trump, the state-level requirements mandating credit from utility companies for excess power sent back to the grid should survive.

You wouldn’t know it, but plants are constantly taking in information.  

Canada puts its money where its mouth is and prepares for a 'no strings attached' basic income trial that it hopes will break the cycle of poverty. 

A study by University of Toronto psychologists reveals how to have a happy sex life in a long-term relationship.

When he becomes President in January, Donald Trump will likely have another lawsuit on his hands. This time, from a group of 21 American children.

Perhaps the limits of what we can observe aren’t just artificial; perhaps there are no limits to what’s out there at all. “Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, […]

Two sonic branding experts offer commentary on the sound designs that punctuate our days.

Rutin can increase the number of calories burned in a workout.   

Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek thinks the U.S. political machinery is truly broken. He guides a verbal tour through the failure of manufactured consent, the appeal of human baseness, and politics as a real struggle of life and death.

If Americans love their democracy why does voter turnout put them 31st out of 35 OECD nations?  

Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. The voluble Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek on why tolerance is the wrong way to deal with terrorism, the refugee crisis, and all the other problems we face. 

Physicists' ideas about the nature and existence of time may seem incongruent with our experience of it, but author James Gleick makes a case for why we need to keep an open mind.

The history and reasoning behind the much-maligned Electoral College.

All pointing toward the Standard Model plus General Relativity not being all there is. “The Universe is very, very big. It also loves a paradox. For example, it has some extremely […]

American painter David Salle explains that to observe and appreciate art better, we need to refresh a basic skill we've all left in the dust: how to see.