Including the most massive star ever discovered in the Universe. “The night has a thousand eyes, and the day but one;Yet the light of the bright world dies with the […]

From MySpace and Hi5 to Facebook and Twitter, our relationship with social media has evolved over the past 15 years. Unfortunately, this may have led to the loss of curiosity and the devolution of our bonds with the people these platforms were built to connect us with, beyond the boundaries of time and space.     

Telling the stories of our lives, weaving dreams of lives we wish we had, and bringing back memories in a rush, music is a powerful force. We, as consumers, are primarily concerned with the application of the lyrics to our lives and danceability of the track.

Nearly a quarter of Americans rely on sleeping pills—a trend that's feeding obesity and depression levels.

By comparing signatures in auction house transactions of over 400,000 paintings, researchers found that works by narcissistic artists sold for higher prices. 

Between Microsoft's racist chatbot to beating the world GO champion, artificial intelligence has better things to do than whatever we're afraid of. Here's a recap of the highlights. 

We are at greater risk to a full-blown epidemic than at any time in history. What's being done to stop it? 

Our Universe is becoming colder, sparser and emptier. But is that its inevitable, ultimate fate? “Quintessence is a dynamic, time-evolving, and spatially dependent form of energy with negative pressure sufficient to […]

Learn why you shouldn't take a selfie in zero gravity, and other aspects of living in space. 

A team of scientists demonstrates that the unique physical adaption of a blind cavefish from Thailand shows how land-walking species evolved.

Michio Kaku reminds us that with wonderful new technologies come not-so-wonderful unexpected uses for them.

When I first saw the video of people playing basketball, I counted each pass — and missed the obvious. You?

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.