We should be exploring the oceans as seriously as we explore space.

It used to be billions and billions, but now it’s in the trillions! “There are in fact 100 billion galaxies, each of which contain something like a 100 billion stars. […]

Might Armageddon come not from an asteroid or a comet, but by something completely unseen altogether? “Honestly, if you’re given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don’t say ‘what […]

Meteorologists propose a stunning new explanation for the mysterious events in the Bermuda Triangle.

Standardized testing is like bringing a knife to a gun fight. It's not totally useless, but it does misunderstand the situation. The Imagination Institute's Scott Barry Kaufman suggests a more three-dimensional search for intelligence.

Does life work like our technology? Is life under the hood just like a car sporting souped-up complexity? 

Why does Jim Gaffigan tell clean jokes? Jesus Christ told him to, obviously. The real reason, which Gaffigan explains here, takes him through the history of comedy and satire in American.

Not as cheerful as your standard cartography – but you might learn a thing or two

A “needs statement” is the core element and guiding force for such an innovative endeavor, says Stanford Professor Paul Yock.   

Spontaneous, deep talk on surprise topics. Author Jodi Picoult and host Jason Gots talk comic books, social justice, and why white Americans need to take the risk (and the consequences) of talking honestly about race and class privilege. 

How open are you to your partner having sex with other people? The answer may depend on your age.

We're ranked behind Saudi Arabia and Korea in empathy. Surprised?     

Tesla's Elon Musk gives a grave warning to those trying to hold back self-driving car technology. According to him, we have it all backwards.

How many galaxies are there in the observable Universe? For the first time, we don’t just have a ‘lower limit’ — we have an answer. “Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that […]

Psychologists suggests tactics for confronting offensive speech.

Christopher Hitchens argued that religion makes humans "extremely self-centered."

If you want to know what separates animals from humans, look no further than this meditation on life from American novelist T.C. Boyle. The author says nature obsesses him and renews him.

A small, icy planet with a weirdly elliptical orbit has been discovered beyond Pluto.

A “magical probiotic mouthwash” may someday eradicate them, according to UC-San Diego researchers, whose research is leading them to a trigger in the microbiome.  

Global warming is largely caused by carbon dioxide. Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory just figured out a way to change it into something better.