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Northern states like Minnesota pride themselves on maintaining operations in the bitter cold. But today's massive cold spell has people wondering how cold is too cold for kids in school.
When parents speak to their infants in the first year of life, it helps stimulate baby cognition in ways that increase the likelihood of future success.
If a scientific theory can never be “100% proven,” how can we know what’s true? “Never waste your time trying to explain who you are to people who are committed […]
For the first time at CES, there's a section devoted to "personal privacy.” Like the fitness wearables of last year, privacy products are gaining ground in this new age of cloud sharing and connectedness.
The biographer evaluates the current state of technology-based communities and suggests that future innovations will completely revolutionize the way we write books.
Without dedicated devil's advocates, groups are doomed to make poorly informed and sometimes dangerously bad decisions.
Plummeting economic prospects for working-class Americans have resulted in an epidemic of unstable interpersonal relationships, according to Andrew Cherlin, a scholar at Johns Hopkins University.
Memories and understandings are story shaped. To remember, or make sense of, a thing is to have a story about it. Here's how Kahneman used colonoscopies to probe the inner workings of our minds.
Concerns over the amount of carbon dioxide released by drilling for natural gas could be eased by a new material created from inexpensive asphalt, the same substance used to pave roads.
With the full suite of observations of the Universe now at our disposal, what is the story, contents, and history of the Universe? “People are trapped in history and history […]
Taking a nap almost always beats a cup of coffee, according to sleep researchers, because a nap restores worn out synapse connections while coffee just pushes them to perform longer.
Fitness enthusiasts often spend extra for energy drinks, packed with electrolytes and sugar, to recover after their workout. But a new study reveals that gym-goers should be bringing milk to help replenish their bodies.
There's an article out in the ether titled “Why the Amish Don’t Get Sick,” which seeks to explain why we should move away from vaccinations. It's a dangerous form of pseudo-science, according to Olga Khazan.
Student achievement is higher in classrooms where digital technology delivers lectures and grades assignments.
The internet of everything is posing to take over our homes and personal lives, allowing use to control and track our lives with ease. But what these devices could say about us, if taken out of context, could be misleading.
Kepler took a look at 150,000 stars, searching for habitable worlds. Based on what it found, how many should be in our galaxy? “I’m sure the universe is full of […]
Those who work inconsistent work hours may be hurting their health. Recent data revealed nurses who worked the night shift for five years, their risk of death from cardiovascular disease shot up to 19 percent.
"Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice."
Why did an academic at MIT recently make the absurd claim that half of all children will be autistic by 2025?