Modern "theories" suggesting the Earth is flat are ignorant of basic experiential data, historical scientific findings, and how technologies like smartphone functions, says Bill Nye the Science Guy.

It’s bigger than anything on Earth. Hell, it’s bigger than Earth! “More days to come / new places to goI’ve got to leave / it’s time for a showHere I am […]

The road to eugenics was paved with good intentions, says Siddhartha Mukherjee. So what questions are essential to ask now that we can change human DNA through gene editing technology?

Buckle up - you're about to find out which US states have the same GDP as entire countries. Frank Jacobs' latest installment of Strange Maps shines a light on the 51 countries that fit within North America's GDP.

We assume that getting a "yes" from the other side is the goal of any negotiation, but former lead FBI negotiator Chris Voss says knowing how to get a "no" is actually more important.

There is one specific condition for fascism to take hold in the United States.

When meteors like these crash into a planet, there's not a lot that can be done except watch the fireworks. 

The answer is larger than you might think, and applies in some shocking ways! “The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way […]

Floating solar panels may look strange, but there's a lot of reasons for why Japan is about to build a huge set of them.

The Global Challenges Foundation released a Global Catastrophic Risk Report last week. The results aren't pretty. Or surprising. 

Nicola Thorp was recently sent home without pay for refusing to wear heels. Sexism in the workplace is only the first problem with this footwear. 

The Food for Thought app from the University of Illinois teaches students about climate change through the lens of eating healthy.

Lewis Black argues that when it comes to comedy, defying political correctness is categorically different from mean-spirited rhetoric, plus political correctness has no desire to laugh.

On this week's episode of Think Again, poet/rapper/novelist Kate Tempest talks passionately about art and the human heart in our "tragic and troubling times".     

They’re judged to be “standard candles” and the greatest cosmic distance indicators. What if they’re not so standard? “It’s everywhere, really. It’s between the galaxies. It is in this room. […]

A fascinating international study takes a look at what the average person does in a lifetime, broken down by days and percentages.

People want to know that their efforts matter, says former Yum! Foods CEO David Novak, but 82 percent of workers say they don't feel recognized by their supervisors.

A new spinal cord implant is holding great promise for the paralyzed. It may help those who suffer from certain neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s, chronic pain, and epilepsy as well. Experts say this is the most advanced implant yet, which may change the face of paralysis care, or even make the condition a thing of the past.  

Waverly Labs has developed a universal language translator that sits in your ear. It's called the Pilot.

DC taxi drivers will be collaborating with company Delivery.com to provide on-demand lunch service in DC. Could this been a new model for the "sharing economy?"