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China's RT-Mart is beating out its Western rivals in the hypermarket industry by giving their stores features that are familiar to customers who normally get their groceries off the street.
Johns Hopkins Medicine has implanted the first pacemaker for the brain in the US. The device generates tiny electrical impulses that fire into the brain's memory region 130 times a second.
According to Reuters, one in four Americans believe the world will end within their lifetime. Is it because our lives are so insignificant that we want to write ourselves into the world's finale?
The same set of skills, called caregiving responsiveness, that make someone a good partner can be carried over into parent-child relationships, says a new study out of England.
Breaking The Taboo, the acclaimed film packed with hard hitting footage, facts, figures and interviews with former world leaders and drug tzars is now available to watch in full for free: […]
Like millions of other Americans over Thanksgiving weekend, I went to see Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece, Lincoln. I was mesmerized by Daniel Day-Lewis’s portrayal of the great statesman. I was also […]
Introducing a new feature here, here's a school technology leadership scenario for you... SCENARIO: You're a new central office administrator in a growing district. Just a few months into the […]
A European health body approved the West's first gene therapy treatment last month. The move signals a long-awaited acceptance after accidents during the 1990s derailed the therapies' progress.
A chemical compound found in the skin of grapes has been shown to have substantial health benefits, but how the chemical affects humans, and how much of it is helpful, is under investigation.
Recent research confirms that getting a good night's rest is essential to doing good work during the day. Depriving yourself of sleep may even increase your risk of contracting serious illnesses.
Science writer Carl Zimmer is optimistic about current research into a vaccine that protects against all viruses. Although results are still years away, scientists are looking for characteristics that all viruses share.
A reader in his late 20s writes to me and poses this not-uncommon dilemma. The reader does not like his close friend’s fiancée. At all. He worries that his friend […]
Once thought to be useless muck, scientists now believe that the majority of our genetic information plays an important role in making proteins and helping to differentiate species.
We have a blind spot when it comes to predicting our own moral and ethical behavior, but new research suggests we are better, not worse, when part of a crowd.
Government recommendations to require data recorders in all new light cars and trucks starting in 2014 ignore the fact that they've already been in many cars for years, often without drivers' knowledge.
A study of over 1,000 senior citizens found that higher levels of resilience and lower levels of depression were most associated with those who considered themselves to have "successfully aged."
This afternoon, the Supreme Court agreed to hear argument in two same-sex marriage cases: a challenge to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to overturn Proposition 8 and […]
Researchers compared art from three time periods and found that modern artists got -- and are still getting -- animal gaits wrong far more often than expected.
Preliminary research shows that family dynamics -- specifically, the levels of conversation -- play a role in which methods of online communication are used for keeping in touch.
Just over a month ago I attended a debate (at Bristol Festival of Ideas) between Howard Marks, the man who at one point was the world's most prolific cannabis dealer - […]