The ability of particles to coordinate their behavior across distances may seem to violate the speed-of-light constant, but is a signal really being sent between them? Or does Einstein still reign?

Through human caused climate change, we are barreling toward a world with less stability, less resources, more disease, and more lives lost to extreme weather events.   

Will Curiosity outlast Opportunity, the rover it was designed to supersede? Or will it fail, since it’s too big for its britches? “By refocusing our space program on Mars for […]

Artists are producing tactile art for the vision-impaired and the blind.

A new study raises troubling questions about the use of commonly prescribed opioid painkillers.

Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is spearheading a national no-kill shelter movement for cats and dogs.

Researchers have new evidence showing preference and "cheating" for those who are most like us, even when we don't directly benefit.

The statistics on commuting and driving show that women spend more overall time in the car than men for a few different reasons.

Poverty is the defining issue of our time, says Tavis Smiley. And while we have recognized the problem of income inequality, economic mobility is not yet part of our national conversation.

People naturally mimic each other's body language, so when you notice it happening to you, it may be a sign that you are personally or professionally compatible with the other person.

Many diseases supposedly linked to steroid use in adults simply do not occur, says Steven Kotler. Steroids are, however, great at combating HIV/AIDS and as an anti-aging too.

And the science of how we can find it. This article is written by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in quantum gravity and high energy physics. She also […]

Siddhartha Mukherjee explores the genetics of sex and sexual identity in his new book, The Gene: An Intimate History.

In Japan, kawaii, the love of cuteness, is both culture and science, and it's taking over the world.

Not every butcher's map has a Tenderloin District

When you get enough mass together, Einstein’s theory of gravity causes space to act like a lens. Here are the results. “The first amazing fact about gravitation is that the ratio […]

If new kinds of drugs aren’t developed soon superbugs or antibiotic resistant bacteria could erase all the gains modern medicine has made. Even simple infections would become life-threatening. Fortunately, government plans are tackling the issue and some scientists have already found a few things that can take superbugs out.   

The United States is not only a country of immigrants, but its composition is dramatically changing.

When we acknowledge and formally recognize death in our culture, it is fundamentally a different way of dealing with it than what we usually do.

If the Universe is infinite and full of stars and galaxies, why can’t we see something everywhere we look? “When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead […]