Researchers found banning smartphones from the classroom helped raise the worst students' test scores and bring up the class average.

Singularity University's Peter Diamandis discusses one way in which virtual reality — a burgeoning exponential technology — will disrupt unexpected sectors of culture and society.

Look out, Amazon. The virtual clothing store of the future will offer a unique shopping experience that blows our current setup out of the water.

A series of mysterious white features lurk at the bottom of one of its most massive craters. Here’s what they could be, and how we’ll find out! “One of the […]

King coal has been dethroned for decades. Yet he still determines how Brits vote. 

Dance classes are low in physical activity, study says, but there's more to the story.

Ian Mitchell argues that alcohol may make you friendlier, but only to certain people.

What happened when researchers strapped fake WiFi routers to people's heads to test if electromagnetic sensitivity is real or imagined?

Should ABC hold George Stephanopoulos accountable for undisclosed contributions to Clinton organizations? If he's a journalist, yes. But is he? The Good Morning America host represents an ill trend in mainstream journalism.

Developers out of New Zealand are working on a system that will mimic angry customers in order to train telemarketers in real conflict management.

How do people living in non-democratic states see their government and enact change? Lily Tsai takes us into how Chinese citizens see their government and give themselves a voice.

Unsurprisingly, researchers have found sadness stays with us the longest, or at least that's how people tend to remember it.

Worldwide, there is an annual net loss of 11 billion trees. Despite all reforestation efforts, this loss reflects the fact that while deforestation is a mechanized, rapid, and highly efficient process, reforestation, mostly done by hand, is a tiresome, laborious, and highly inefficient one.

The administrator of the nation's top environmental agency discusses strategies for encouraging actionable responses to climate change.

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Whether we're professional athletes or cellphone gamers, falling just short of our goals can be motivating, not crushing.

Researchers are using music to light up unconscious minds, but the results only bring more questions about its effectiveness for coma patients.

A study suggests that long-term depression can more than double one's chances of suffering a stroke.

Scientists are keeping their eyes on social media in order to track and map the appearance of auroras.

The transcendental philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson stressed that maintaining an open mind requires the ability to understand that contrary opinions are not innately steeped in ill will.