A week from today, researchers will gather for a neuroscience conference in Washington D.C. titled "Gut Microbes and the Brain: Paradigm Shift in Neuroscience."

Bill Nye discusses the Rosetta comet landing, ruminates on the expanse of potential discoveries it could open up, and explains why this current space adventure may one day prevent a major global tragedy. 

While kind of discount airlines that Europe enjoys have not caught in the United States, an Icelandic carrier named WOW Air will soon offer inexpensive transatlantic flights.

What is Punk? Punk isn't about mohawks or studded leather, says Henry Rollins – it's about resistance to tyranny in any form. How Art Can Change Society, with Sarah Lewis Sarah […]

Canadian physician Lt. Col. John McCrae composed this poem after presiding over the funeral of a friend killed at the 2nd Battle of Ypres in 1915. 

What would it take to create a system of principles that guide our behavior without a religious grounding?

The level of education a mother has at the time she gives birth is an accurate predictor of her child's academic success, especially in the areas of math and reading, according to a new study.

A technology startup plans to market a smart phone accessory that will allow you to zap your brain with an electrical current, helping you feel energized or relaxed, depending on your needs.

What if the Black Plague had killed off almost all Europeans? Then this is what Africa might have looked like.

We all want to be happy. Some have even said that achieving happiness is the goal of life. But we wouldn't look to a technology company for such wisdom, would we?

For more than six years, Clara Boj and Diego Diaz have been developing a solution that enables kids to simultaneously enjoy the physical and virtual worlds of play. Their invention, HYBRIDPLAY, turns playground objects into game controllers and teaches kids how to work collaboratively.

According to a new study, people want to be interested in brain science - but don't act on that desire - or don't get the chance.

It’s the faintest and hardest object to see in the entire catalogue, but the rewards — and knowledge you gain — are priceless! “If there is nothing new under the sun, at least the […]

Facebook is addicting -- this idea is nothing new. But take away the numbers and suddenly the site becomes much less appealing.

"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons."

The ability to talk is an important asset for people in business, but there's an invaluable amount of information your could learn about your clients if you just listen.

How to Reverse Aging Enzymes like Telomerase and Resveratrol, though not the Fountain of Youth unto themselves, offer tantalizing clues to how we might someday soon unravel the aging process. […]

The NFL's success hosting regular season games at Wembley may spur the league into expanding full-time across the Atlantic.

Anyone who has seen James Cameron’s 1984 film The Terminator remembers “seeing” through the eyes of the killer android sent into the past as it scans its surroundings for clothes, weapons, and, eventually, its target. German filmmaker Harun Farocki would later call those pictures “operational images”—the machine-made and machine-used pictures of the world that threatened to supplant not just how people see, but people period.   

Staying up late and waking up late may seem to be popular trends among teens everywhere, but there's biology to back up this sleep cycle as a norm that school gets in the way of.