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Air pollution poses "a significant risk to brain development" according to researchers.
Trump's Middle East peace plan contains the first map of a Palestinian state that 'Israel can live with'.
A new study reminds us that physical and emotional pain are not far apart.
6mins
Objections to liberalism are often tied to traditions, morals, and cultural identity.
Institute for Humane Studies
The closest star to our own doesn’t just host one rocky planet, but a second, larger ‘super-Earth’ much farther out. Of all the stars in the Universe, the closest one to […]
The impact of giving up is exactly the same as the impact of denying climate change.
Healing from a break-up should be taken as seriously as healing from a broken arm, says psychiatrist Dr. Guy Winch.
3mins
Can technology act as a feedback loop for human emotions?
Numerous drugs designed to treat diabetes, arthritis, and other conditions may actually have secret anti-cancer properties as well.
There are three answers depending on what you consider the “edge,” but only two of them are known. If you were to go as far out into space as you can […]
The outer edges of a black hole might be "fuzzy" instead of neat and smooth.
Being a specialist used to be the way forward, but the future belongs to people who can adapt to any given scenario on a dime.
Australia's beloved and bizarre egg-laying mammal could start vanishing in coming years if current trends continue.
A new hypothesis suggests that you can "catch" noncommunicable diseases from other people via the microbiome.
Philosophy professor James Sterba revives a very old argument.
4mins
The membership economy is upending how businesses are structured and how they deliver value to customers.
If dark matter is fundamentally different from the normal matter we know, there should be a way to test it. Here are the results. Dark matter — despite the enormous indirect evidence for […]
Job applicants now have to contend with the growing use of artificial intelligence in hiring decisions.
Competition in STEM subjects left students feeling like imposters.
Helsinki is the city with the best work-life balance in the world.