We like to think of creativity as an inherently good thing. History and science say otherwise.

A large new study pinpoints a technique to achieving better grades and success in life.

Gun safety laws have a historical precedent in the 1939 court case U.S. v Miller.

Compared to traditional cigarettes, e-cigarettes are extremely understudied. There is, however, some evidence on their negative effects on your health.

Maya Angelou will be commemorated in a new permanent art installation in San Francisco. Poet and novelist, Angelou had a storied relationship with the city. She attended the George Washington […]

Ever taken pleasure in someone else's misfortune?

It turns out these little white lies serve a purpose.

The first wave of the retailer's anticipated automated delivery fleet hits the sidewalks.

How do you write away the personal hole in your heart when that hole was left by a man half the world idolizes? Steve Jobs' daughter, the writer Lisa Brennan-Jobs, on the process and effects of writing her beautiful memoir SMALL FRY.

There are rules absolutely forbidding it from happening. But some particles do it anyway. All the matter we know of in the Universe is made up of Standard Model particles. Photons […]

Can nicotine keep Alzheimer's at bay? Dave Asprey explains how natural drugs can create super humans.

Do scientists know enough about gene editing to move forward with human trials?

How different types of green space affect mental health.

Cognitive psychologist Donald Hoffman hypothesizes we evolved to experience a collective delusion — not objective reality.

A new study finds that factors influencing where you're born continue to affect your earnings throughout life.

Warspeak has relentlessly crept into most aspects of American life and public discourse.

Abraham Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs is depicted as a triangle with self-actualization at the very top. Right before his death, Maslow wanted to add another to the hierarchy: Self-transcendence.

If your Universe contains any matter at all, a constant Hubble parameter is absolutely impossible. Our observable Universe is an enormous place, with some two trillion galaxies strewn across the […]

Why Silicon Valley wants to automate 3.5 million blue-collar truck drivers out of existence.

"Cargotecture" is becoming increasingly popular as a cheap alternative to traditional houses.