"Rage Yoga" is a new yoga movement that includes drinking beer, yelling out obscenities and a heavy metal soundtrack.  

Should George Clooney’s character have floated away? Or do the laws of physics tell a different story? “You’ve got to learn to let go.” -Matt Kowalski, Gravity The movies play […]

  Experiment doesn't fund projects: it funds people. And it's helping make scientists out of everyone - especially students.

Terrorism in Europe is a generational problem, says Juliette Kayyem. While the US has effectively integrated immigrant communities into its national identity, European nations have not.

Comedian Ruby Wax explains the brain like no one else.

Neil deGrasse Tyson and others consider whether alien diseases have the potential to wipe out humanity and maybe already have in the past.

VR is Poised to Change Many Facets of Healthcare. Find out How.   

Just hearing two languages helps babies develop cognitive skills before they even speak. Here's how - and how you can help them develop those skills.

There are certain skills that schools need to make sure kids have. The ol’ “Reading, Writing, Arithmetic” is a starting point, but there's an entire realm of education that our kids need to know — and some are not getting it. 

What secrets did Shakespeare take to his grave 400 years ago?  Are the plays the thing to unlock the mysteries of literature’s king?

How does life bounce-back after an extinction-level event? Researchers are studying how the therapsid Lystrosaurus survived through one of the "Big Five" extinction events. It may help scientists predict how Earth will bounce-back from the mass extinction we're witnessing today.

And if relativity tells us there’s no such thing as “absolute motion,” how do we measure it? “The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It’s less about […]

A DEA memo reveals that the agency is considering removing marijuana from its list of Schedule 1 substances. 

At some point this century, we will confront the prospect of immortality, says Steven Kotler. After our bodies die, it will be possible to upload our minds into a computer, and then download them into another body.

A new DNA study of ancient mummies shows the complete extinction of first Americans after the arrival of Europeans and provides support for the Bering Strait Theory.

A stunning new image of ALMA’s protoplanetary disk sheds light on planetary formation. “TW Hydrae is quite special. It is the nearest known protoplanetary disc to Earth and it may […]

It's harder for most people to making a living now than it was before the rise of online businesses like Facebook and Amazon. That's because the digital economy is hurting the real economy.

A Tibetan artist explains what's at the center of a Buddhist wheel of life.

Learn what PTSD does to the brain, and how someone can bounce back.

Impressionist master or indulgent misogynist?  Why do people either love Renoir or love to hate him?