Where previous iterations of wearable technology have relied on gaudiness, Google's new smart fabric comes with an understanding that innovation doesn't always need to be flashy.

It's subtle and pernicious as hell how this happens. How we transform something that's supposed to make us more open and balanced into a shiny new prison of things, jargon, and obligations.

The tonal qualities of a dog's bark can reveal age, gender, breed, and more.    

NASA's New Horizons probe is on a road trip to Pluto and sending back some illuminating imagery on the way.

A great many of our most popular songs are written at just a third-grade reading level. That's the conclusion reached by an analysis of 225 popular songs.

The word “rational” needs to be rescued. Tom Stoppard’s new play shows that a major rational parable, the Prisoner's Dilemma, is widely misinterpreted. Seeing why "rationalists" do worse than Christians can help us avoid losing in evolution's "negative telos" games.   

It's all about how seriously you take the concept of moral duty.

Psychologist Heidi Grant Halvorson delves into the brain to identify how prejudices and stereotypes are developed.

How the Solar Eclipse of 1919 spelled the end for Newton. “Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light has weight. One thing […]

Psychedelics are showing promising results in helping a wide variety of ailments. But can they also result in addiction? 

Researchers say it's the night — not the darkness — that we fear.

What the first American woman in space meant for people everywhere. “Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You […]

It was when FIFA awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar — a country that could reach 140 degrees Fahrenheit during match play — red flags went up in the American legal system.

Analysis of skeletal remains suggests we've found one of earliest known homicide victims. 

Conversation involves taking turns. The challenge comes from the fact that we don’t follow the same pace in taking turns. Something as seemingly simple as taking turns in talk involves […]

Portugal is Europe's face? Only in a Pessoa poem. And on this map.

Is the time we experience in our day-to-day lives real? Theoretical physicist Brian Greene explores the potential particles of time and why we could, in theory, travel forward in time but not back.

Mama, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Deny Evolution If adults want to deny evolution, sure. That’s fine. Whatever. But those adults better not make their kids follow in […]

Researchers say the duration, mode of transportation, and destination, all factor into how much commuting a person can take before they begin to burn out and resent their jobs.

Think you're contributing 110 percent to a project? Researchers suggest you may be overclaiming.