From TVs and laptops to tablets and smartphones, screen time trades off with other valuable actives, according to a study of over 1,300 3rd to 5th graders. 

Spanish researchers have discovered that crowds may be less wise than we once thought, at least according to the (often observed) phenomena that aggregated wisdom is more accurate than that of a single individual.

Dubai is set to build the world's largest--and truly first--completely climate-controlled city. The structure will measure 48 million square feet, including 20,000 rooms available for stay.

By most scientific accounts, the world's governments have been too slow to react to climate change. The idea of slowing economic growth to combat carbon emissions has proven too unpalatable.

If we are told a particular wine is artisanal and another is more mechanically produced, we are more likely to grade the artisanal wine as better tasting and more expensive. 

Singular goals like increasing your online audience or to fundraise, fundraise, fundraise cannot be the measured success they aspire to because they do not measure or seek to understand the complex conditions which preceded the present moment.

The impact of practice on people's musical, athletic, and professional abilities is much more limited than previously thought, according to a meta-analysis of 88 studies on the topic.