Some were kicked out of their Solar Systems at the beginning, while others never had a parent star at all. “The truth is you can be orphaned again and again and […]

"2,653 miles" doesn't quite convey it; these maps do.

If a politician’s broken promises ever broke your heart, Beethoven knew how you feel.

The future of the workforce is about building stronger communities, not talent hunting for the most aggressively competitive employees. Millennials are leading the way in making this change.

Killing prejudice with kindness is probably the best way to go, says former climate skeptic Michael Shermer. The secularist discusses his history with religion and how he speaks about it now.

Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek argues that understanding basic physical laws is sufficient to grasp how the mind works, but that may not explain everything about the mind.

Your brain is the neural battleground of science and religion, with religious people and atheists differing in intelligence and empathy.  Can the two extremes reconcile?

Casual sex isn't as mindless as it seems, with people actually looking for love, and influenced by brain chemistry and genes.

2050 is coming, and how it looks will be the result of what's on our plates.

Writers beware, an AI-written novel just made it past the first round of screening for a national literary prize in Japan. The novel this program co-authored is titled, The Day A Computer Writes A Novel.

What often begins as a former girlfriend or boyfriend making contact on Facebook can easily result in a physical relationship. Psychiatrist Gail Saltz explains how to avoid cheating on your partner.

People learn in a variety of ways, explains educational pioneer Kelly Palmer. At LinkedIn, she's helped build a platform that offers on-demand learning to adults building their careers.

We over-worry about terrorism when the latest attack makes news, and grow complacent when the headlines fade, and both our excessive and insufficient fears create risks all by themselves.

Neil deGrasse Tyson says the best way to get children interested in science is to get out of their way, or give them some binoculars.

Sitting for eight hours a day is bad for our health, this we know. But there's not enough evidence to prove standing is any better for our wellbeing, according to one meta-analysis.

Feeling IS fast thinking. And emotions aren't always guilty of being irrational. Whenever pondering minds, always bear in mind Daniel Kahneman’s teachings on the brain.

Happiness has gotten confusing (even puzzling our smartest scientists). “Bentham’s bucket error” is to blame, but "Plato’s Pastry" and a rare case of reality in Freud can help. It's time happiness got less kid-and-id-centirc.

After the terrorist attacks in Brussels and Paris, technology expert Marc Goodman shares how insurgents use their media savvy and technological prowess to outmaneuver law enforcement.

Cancer’s days may be numbered. Find out about the latest advancements, and where we need to go.  

It won’t mean that global warming has stopped, but that won’t stop the usual suspects from making their anti-science claims. “…as a scientist I was trained you always have to […]