Is Disney creating a G-Rated Westworld? Disney Enterprises recently filed a patent for a "soft body robot for physical interaction with humans." The result may be similar to Baymax, the inflatable therapeutic robot from Disney's Big Hero 6. 

Revenue from tattoo removal services have increased 440% over the last decade. How can we learn to live with regret?

It might surprise you that the majority of items in American supermarkets are owned by about 10 companies.

A recent study suggests Ph.D. students are more likely to develop common psychiatric disorders.

What makes some of us more susceptible to conspiracy theories than others? It may have to do with our level of education. 

Americans live the the broadest, emptiest slice of the planet. 

We’ve never seen an event horizon, nor directly imaged a black hole. Thanks to a worldwide effort, victory may at last be in sight. “Never look down to test the ground […]

The times in history when science was deadly and dangerous.

When the president gets his primary information from talking heads on cable TV rather than intelligence briefings, we have a problem.

This could revolutionize organ transplants, grafts, prostheses, and implants.

How many calories are in human anyway?   

Research shows the groups have different tastes when buying science books. For the most part.

There is an old adage, “take stock of the company you keep”. As it turns out, we are more tolerant of people who have similar negative personality traits as us.

If you think that spin-1/2 and spin-1 aren’t that different, the actual science may shock you. “The layman always means, when he says “reality” that he is speaking of something self-evidently […]

Psychologists sort human personalities into five traits, each of which you can score high or low on.

Will we ever have a Theory of Everything? Theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss isn't sure that's the right question to be asking.

Researchers are bringing together imaging and AI to understand the variations, causes, and potential treatments of depression.

There is a new era of PTSD science just around the corner.  

There's one whopper out there that people rarely acknowledge, but self-confessed "cynical libertarian" Dave Barry isn't shying away.

It’s illegal, yet usually a subconscious act. So how can we scrub bias from the hiring process?