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 […]

Scientists don't always use normal words when explaining their research to the public. Here's a quick and easy to guide to understanding those words for people who aren't scientists.

The apple of American politics never falls too far from the tree. 

Want to Help Defuse ISIS' Propaganda? See How It Works from the Inside. The recent attacks in Paris shine a light on the world's current biggest boogeyman: ISIS. "Boogeyman" is […]

We are living in the lucky days of cancer research. Two revolutions in cancer therapy — one successfully tested by President Jimmy Carter — are giving patients of all kinds a new hope.

Actor Lon Chaney was the movies’ original “Man of a Thousand Faces.”  Who is the man (or woman) of a thousand faces today?

Even most of the pros don’t know all 10. This post was contributed to Starts With A Bang by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in quantum gravity […]