Some beggars in India have chosen to take issues into their own hands and have started the first bank in their country run by beggars for beggars.

"To do successful research, you don't need to know everything; you just need to know one thing that isn't known."

What will historians say about our time 250 years from now? Lawrence Summers asks this question in a thought-provoking lecture about the evolution of ideas.

Being so interconnected is exhausting, says professional consultant Carson Tate. We have to resist the tendency to treat our overwhelming schedules like badges of honor. We have to learn to say "no."

The Amazon founder's space tourism company launched a surprise test flight last week, reaching 307,000 feet (93,574 meters) with its New Shepard space vehicle.

Two minutes of walking for every hour of sitting can lower your risk of dying by 33 percent.

Words of wisdom from the Wizard of Menlo Park: "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

A study reveals that most teens believe they won't be victims of cyberbullying — it's something that happens to other people.

Many issues stand against a mission to Mars: fuel, landing, and sustaining life on the red planet are just a few. But scientists say that the astronauts that depart will not be the same — the structure of their brains will change.

See as far back in the Universe as our greatest telescope’s eyes will take us. “It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. […]

Researchers are working on a method to transform every blood type into O — the universal-donor blood type.

If winter is coming, this epic artwork is the spring thaw. “When I was a kid, my world was five streets long. I never got away, except in books. I […]

Children may know the words for seconds and hours as early as two, but understanding how long two minutes are versus one hour comes with experience.

So-called structured procrastination could help you be as productive as your go-getter peers.

Excavators in Nepal will have access to a smartphone app to allow them to share images and documentation of salvaged artifacts. 

Call it the psychology of the job search: The typeface you choose for your résumé communicates much more to the hiring manager than you'd think.

A British academic's remarks that "it’s inevitable that students will be allowed to use the Internet in exams" sparks a debate over the purpose of testing and the encouragement of learning.

We all want to be financially stable and enjoy a well-funded retirement, but we don't want to squander our hard-earned money on poor investments.

Older people, 65 and older, are the most likely to reap the benefits of smartphone technology. 

The power (and peril) of habit.