And are there independent ways to check? “Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.” -Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Each week at Starts With A Bang, […]

Does the typical college student understand the sort of mental health care options available to her? Dr. Victor Schwartz of The Jed Foundation continues our series "Big Thinkers on Mental Health."

Are your family trips an exercise in pleasure or comfort? Behavior economics guru Dan Ariely notes that there's a vivid difference between the two... and it may mean the difference between a fantastic vacation and one that's just okay.

Adolescent friendships are often fleeting, but what causes some teens to drift apart?

Facebook has released information on the first full-scale drones designed to deliver Internet services to underserved populations across the globe that lack developed infrastructure.

People adopt a "protective" gait when they're distracted.

Our unique capacities were created by a major transition in evolution, which built a need for teamwork and inclusive economics deep into our nature. But many economists — quite unnaturally — exclude its logic from their ideas. 

If you're one of the 85,000 readers who took the three-question quiz I posted last week, chances are you answered some items incorrectly. Like some of my smart, accomplished friends and family […]

People with disabilities shouldn't have to try and pass as able in the workplace, says writer and comedian Maysoon Zayid. But the sad reality is that America's largest minority remains invisible throughout popular media.

The “constant points of light” in the sky are often anything but. “To be is to be the value of a variable.” –Willard Van Orman Quine We look up at […]

Intelligence may be an indicator of a long life, but researchers say you still shouldn't go overboard with the ice cream.

We have the ability to reach many more people than ever before in history with our stupidity.

Inequality in America has risen since the 1980s, but robust democratic institutions can turn this trend around.

The threat is real and many scientists and engineers are standing behind them.

To what extent are you "yourself" at work? Renowned legal scholar Kenji Yoshino studies the phenomenon of "covering."

Some maps need to be savored instead of analyzed.

Just 10 years ago, the suicide-prevention community consisted mainly of families who had been affected by the suicide of a loved one. Today, it numbers in the hundreds of thousands. 

A spate of new studies looks at the lifelong economic impacts of in-utero stress.

With the full suite of evidence, there’s no escaping dark matter. “A cosmic mystery of immense proportions, once seemingly on the verge of solution, has deepened and left astronomers and […]

One researcher explores the ethics of tomorrow through the science fiction stories that entertain us today.