A victory for common sense, a setback for sex and drugs and rock 'n roll

Over its history the Earth has seen an incredible diversity of life - maybe as many as fifty million species. 

Kirk Johnson delivers a complete history of life on Earth in 3 minutes.

This drone, which weighs just 20 grams, can avoid obstacles without human guidance.

The lunar landing represents a significant milestone for China's space program. China sent its first astronaut to space in 2003.

Taking everyday sensors and the data they generate online will advance the progression of the Internet of Things,  where in the future virtually everything will have a digital footprint.

Today marks the first major legal setback for the NSA wiretapping program.  

Nobody knows when the next galactic supernova might occur, but thanks to the development of massive neutrino detectors, we would have an "unprecedented peek at the action."

Neutrino physicists are ready and waiting, hoping that one of these days a supernova will explode somewhere in our galaxy, the Milky Way.

Guest post by Kevin Flora(Cross post from kevinflora.com) “Why did the chicken cross the road?”  If you say “to get to the other side,” you could use a workshop in […]

Unfortunately, family vacations can often be an intense time of stress when the ostensible purpose is to relax and recharge.

Jesus and Buddha both embraced the philosophy of love your enemy. Columbia University professor Robert Thurman takes us through the history of vengeance and explains how to minimize contention between you and your enemies.  

If you disregard the original intentions of Bach and the intentions of the church authorities who commissioned his music, you are missing the most subversive element of Bach—his independence of spirit, his humanism.  

Bach was not simply a compliant servant of the clergy of the church but expressed his own views as to how the Christian doctrine appealed to him and also how […]

Scientific advances are coming fast and furious, and so it is becoming increasingly important to become familiar with aspects of genomics that will impact routine medical care in profound ways.    

The switch to next generation DNA sequencing has drastically reduced the price of human genome sequencing over the past decade from near a billion dollars to just a few thousand.

Move over Willy Loman. Selling today is about servicing latent and hidden problems, an ability that research shows is common among artists. 

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ― Jane Austen

IN THE old days of the three European missions – imperialism, colonialism, and orientalism – scholars insisted on the existence of Asian “philosophies” and, naturally, they called Asian thinkers “philosophers.” […]

Members of a gospel choir posing as grocery store employees surprised shoppers this week by breaking into song in memory of Nelson Mandela. It was the most touching flash mob you will ever see.