Is the U.S.’s focus on small-time immigration infringements leaving the nation more vulnerable?

The GOP wants to repeal the Johnson Amendment, once again uniting church and state. 

Paul Davies suggests we open our minds to where alien messages might be hiding, including in our own DNA.

Spiritual teacher Rob Bell believes that atheism is eroding certain religious teachings, and it's a good thing.

For some unknown reason, rare corpse flower blooms are occurring across the U.S.

Like most data produced on social media, online bigotry is geotagged. Meaning that hate speech can be mapped. That is exactly what this newest map has done. 

The force of empty space isn’t always zero. Here’s how an electromagnetic experiment might be the key to dark energy. “Another very good test some readers may want to look up… […]

Researchers create tiny implants that promise new medical treatments via breakthrough brain-machine interaction.

The advertising legend Ryan Holiday, who maintains a humble profile, speaks to the difference between confidence and ego, exposing the latter as a thin veneer concealing weakness.

One of the famous ukiyo-e admirers was French artist, Vincent van Gogh. He was a versed collector of Japanese prints, claimed that all of his work is founded on Japanese art.

Wake up and smell the independence. Thomas Jefferson urged 18th century Americans to think of themselves not as colonial Englishmen, but as a new culture. To that end, he used architecture to serve as a visual reminder of America's proud new direction.

Artists, illustrators, and adventurers of the 1800s has fantastical imaginations for the distant future, i.e. our present day. How do their magical predictions stack up against our reality?

Anti-intellectualism isn't a random cultural event in the United States. It became an essential part of a political strategy that maligned cultural elites in favor of a more populist platform.

Alcohol is only a truth serum for a brain that’s not working well, not your everyday brain.

One year ago, Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini was swimming for her life in the Mediterranean Sea, desperate to escape her war torn country. This week, she will swim for gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The greatest new anime of 2015 has some incredibly powerful feats. Here’s the physics of the most sensational one. “Human beings are strong because we have the ability to change […]

A new study from the Mayo Clinic revealed that only 2.7 percent of Americans live a healthy lifestyle. Perhaps the problem is their definition of healthy.

Many of us balk at the idea of biotech implants as an affront to privacy and good old-fashioned humanity – but what if it could restore your eyesight and prevent Alzheimer's, what then?

Jim Gaffigan is a self-effacing master. He explains why publicly revealing your shortcomings has become so appealing.

Ukraine's government is planning to turn the contaminated area around Chernobyl into a producer of renewable energy.