Lucha Libro is a literary version of the popular Mexican wrestling event. In this case, the luchadores are aspiring writers who have five minutes to come up with a short story in front of a live audience.

This isn't an historical document: The Global Slavery Index describes conditions happening today for nearly 30 million people who are being held illegally against their will.

HealthCare.gov contains an estimated 500 million lines of code. To put that in context, that is five times the amount of code as contained in a large bank's computer system. 

A pending launch has supporters excited about a possible Asian space race and opponents concerned about more pressing needs here on Earth.

Divorce may be contagious, but so are lasting relationships. Attending to the health of one’s friends’ marriages may serve to support and enhance the durability of one’s own relationship.

It’s not about materialism; it’s about doing good for others.  But it’s also about fully realizing yourself. 

We won’t try something that’s hard because we think that our ability is just our ability and we were born with it and that’s it. 

If life expansion becomes achievable, the question still remains whether it will be accessible for everyone, as opposed to just the super rich.

I could also title this column, Middle School: The Everlasting Black Hole of Education. I’m not an education expert, only a parent, but the trouble with middle school is easily […]

Recently under the US government shutdown many scientists discovered for the first time what it is like to be cut off from science, but for others not having direct access […]

People who seek out -- or, in the case of this Technical University of Munich study, act out -- positions of power tend to gain more resolve to pursue their goals than those who don't.

UCLA researcher Steve Horvath has come up with a way to measure the biological -- rather than chronological -- age of human organs, tissues and cells. His findings could lead to new ways to slow or even stop aging.

Most of the highly industrious, post-industrial, and prosperous parts of the world have a "birth dearth," a birth rate significantly below the rate of replacement.  Japan, of course, has one […]

If in the middle of the night you go to the emergency room and have an x-ray taken, the doctor who reads that x-ray is very likely to be a well-trained physician in India, for whom it’s daytime, who reads the digital file and sends back an answer.  

If you can think of a human activity or occupation, there will be people who love it and live for it and others who couldn’t bear it. 

The current issue of American Psychologist challenges scientists to focus on a largely unexamined area of study.

New research shows that variations in a particular genotype can make a person more likely to participate in "prosocial" acts, such as rescuing someone from drowning.

A study combining regional political, social, economic and health data with responses from various personality surveys showed that parts of the US can indeed be said to have distinct temperaments.

Oprah Winfrey, the internationally famous talk-show host, media proprietor, philanthropist, recently declared that disbelief in god is incompatible with experiencing wonder. However, Winfrey’s unjustified view on atheism is only the […]

Maria Konnikova: the good news is that you can become more creative and I think that everyone has a certain degree of creativity in them.