English-speaking students are at a disadvantage compared to the rest of the world because English's wacky written language requires rigorous memorization of myriad forms of spelling. This keeps kids from achieving literacy as quickly as those who speak more phonetic languages.

Type-A and type-B personalities experience time differently, according to a study that looked at why some people arrive habitually late to appointments. 

An op-ed piece in the Los Angeles Times by sociologist Phil Zuckerman supplied a reassuring answer for secular parents: absolutely. In the face of a previous study finding that children […]

A new study, which followed nearly 1 million people over 10 years, concludes that smoking is even deadlier than we thought, accounting for more than 60,000 additional deaths per year and five additional diseases.

A new feature allows users to designate a friend or family member to become the caretaker of your account should you die.

If they’re so massive that not even light can escape, how can we see them? “According to the special theory of relativity nothing can travel faster than light, so that […]

The US Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine, and National Research moved to abandon aggressive geoengineering techniques in a new report.

Romance and reason are becoming estranged bedfellows (too bad—they were a cute couple). Does love’s logic now add up? Or is love like “happiness,” a low-resolution word (unhelpful in seeing key distinctions). Food for thought on love’s unrequited logic...

Medical professionals say low self-esteem and not feeling "man enough" are driving men's dogged attempts to achieve a lean and muscular body.

Researchers were interested to know whether grassy areas, playgrounds or asphalt lots influenced children's activity levels.

David Butler, vice president of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Coca-Cola, speaks to the harms that befall big companies that refuse to adapt to remain relevant. 

In times when going off to war was a badge of courage, deserting was tantamount to treason.

Magazines and health journals have been publishing studies for years saying a glass of wine is good for your heart. A recent study calls those findings into question.

Understanding corruption — how it arises and why some countries are more corrupt than others — has always been difficult for sociologists.

Depending on what you want from a workout session, personal training apps may be able to replace sessions with a live trainer (or not).

Men can reverse the effects of a poor night's sleep with a nap, according to researchers.

The Co-founder and Chief Science Officer of MetaMed Research dissects the many faults of modern medicine and explains the impetus for founding his own company that offers personalized medical research.

Jon Iwata, IBM's senior vice president of Marketing & Communications, explains why freedom is the best social media policy for employees.  

Futurist Michael Vassar explains why it makes perfect sense to conclude that the creation of greater-than-human AI would doom humanity.

Research shows evidence that we can alter our brains to enhance our creative thinking — all through the power of art.