Last month at The New Republic, before that venerable American periodical sadly imploded, Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick wrote an article lamenting that the Supreme Court is increasingly a bastion of elite […]

The heralded economist and Harvard president emeritus explains why the price of oil is dropping in North America. He also discusses how American energy independence can't be achieved just by reducing reliance on foreign oil.

Working longer hours eventually stops being helpful in terms of labor productivity, says a Stanford economist who found hard and fast limits on what an additional hour of work can achieve.

The founder of MIT's Media Lab imagines a future in which information and knowledge can be delivered to the brain through the bloodstream.

You, at this precise moment, are doing at least two things that show... "It is in our first nature to need second natures." These second natures give us access to a behavioral toolkit that is nowhere in our genes. 

Niagara Falls needs people. As a way to boost population to gain federal funding, it's willing to pay-off part of your student loan if you move there.

Here on Earth, it’s liquid all the way. But in space, that’s impossible! “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”-Rabindranath Tagore If you brought […]

At a foundational, psychological level, putting off your responsibilities for what seems like innocent short-term pleasure is a powerful emotional coping mechanism.

Sexual assault on college campuses is worth discussing, but for all this talk, there needs to be a solution. One campus thinks it's off to a good start, offering a course that educates men.

How parents talk to their children about sex helps them understand what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior. In the United States, that conversation, about the, um, birds, and the, um, bees, is famously awkward.

Bestselling author Daniel H. Pink explains that just because fewer people occupy job positions called "salesperson" doesn't mean members of the workforce are doing any less selling.

Nutrition Facts on food packages require some study in order to understand what it all means. The UK seeks to implement a new system, but it may make a diet soda look healthier than a basket of strawberries.

Despite widespread belief in the myth that sugar causes hyperactivity, scientists have known for more than two decades that the link is all in the mind.

Cell phone apps that track a woman's body temperature over time are making natural contraception feel more like a 21st century option.

Prescription opiates help relieve the short-term pains resulting from surgery and some injuries. But many are falling into addiction.

The ABC correspondent explains that you can integrate short bursts of meditation into your life by way of purposeful pauses.

Instead of choosing sides, this map shows all versions of the cartographic argument. 

Parents who threaten punishment for bad deeds may only be encouraging their kids to lie, according to a recent study.

The acclaimed economist talks oil prices, energy independence, and America's unavoidable market vulnerability.

Their numbers are plummeting.