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Before you tout the next exoplanet as “the most Earth-like ever,” ask whether that’s true, and whether that’s even a good thing. “You can spend too much time wondering which […]

Technology and old age are not typically in the same sentence, let alone discussion. However, the recent White House Conference on Aging highlighted the multiple opportunities to use technology as a force multiplier not just to live longer, but to live (and care) better.

It's not the fault of the journalists, entirely. Researchers call for better tools to help keep sources safe and secure.

The Internet is a different beast altogether, and instead of catering to the interest of journalists, candidates can/must appeal to the masses.

The emotional support of a simple text may be enough to ease the pain of someone you hold dear.

After 24 hours without sleep, the brain begins to overestimate threat.

Once you have that kind of ability to relate to your own situation with kindness, says Thupten Jinpa, it creates a kind of a reservoir of strength and resilience so that you have plenty to draw from.

How the discovery of the first Pentaquark is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to new nuclear riches. “It was quite the most incredible event that has […]

Her decision to have a double mastectomy helped empower women — to let them know they aren't entirely powerless against cancer.

What distinguishes real OCD from how it's depicted in pop culture — a characteristic of someone's perfectionist tendencies — is that sufferers respond to stimuli in the same way everyone else does.

Not too young, not too old.

A terrific story about the physical threat of a major earthquake in the Pacific Northwest fails to explain why people don't seem alarmed. That lack of alarm puts the public at risk as much as the shaking Earth itself, and should be part of the story.

Emotions can cloud our rational decision-making. By adopting the perspective of an outside advisor, psychologist Dan Ariely says we can inject some rationality into our cognitive processes.

Jeremy Corbyn, the man who will take the Labour Party to the next British election, believes in homeopathy. Here's why that matters.

Rather than showing people there's nothing to be afraid of, researchers tried exposing patients to their trigger and introducing a neutral outcome.

Researchers have found men who throw sexist comments at women are reacting to an upset in their hierarchy, trying to retain their dominance.

Ironically, the more women have tried to free themselves from masculine norms of sexuality, the more they have adopted male sexual tendencies under the guise of sexual liberty.

The trouble with productivity as a value is that it treats a morally ambiguous act as a moral good. What, specifically, do we want to be producing more of?

Bruce Pon, the CEO and co-founder of ascribe, believes that creators should be at the center of the digital economy and that consumers, if provided with an easy and convenient way, will choose the option to reward the creators rather than pirate their work.

The odds against those with obesity aren't good — not just in terms of health, but also in losing that weight gained.