Humanity
For over two decades, psychologists and communication scholars have been seriously studying the degree a person is able to correctly understand another’s unsaid thoughts or feelings.
Pre-European human populations of the Amazon Basin may have affected our understanding of the forest's structure and composition, and thus our calculations of its impact on carbon dioxide remediation.
CRISPR could potentially engineer super crops, make designer animal models for research and even snip out genetic diseases.
One in five US gun owners who obtained a firearm in the past 2 years did so without a background check, according to a new national survey.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."
In an era of post-truth and pseudoscience, what can you do?
These 4 topics will lead you to a better, more interesting conversation with anyone.
Have you ever got stuck behind a pay wall to read a research article? Why do we have to pay to further our scientific understanding?
Each episode will debunk science myths and anti-scientific claims that may be upheld by politicians, religious leaders, or industry giants.
Each year, around 88 million tonnes of food is discarded in the EU.
The potential effect of legalizing marijuana for recreational use has been a topic of considerable debate.
Emergency rooms in communities with indoor smoking bans reported a 17 percent decrease in the number of children needing care for asthma attacks, according to new research from the University of Chicago Medicine.
Older people who help and support others live longer, a new study has concluded.
Researchers say they've found evidence that ancient human relatives used toothpicks.
They found some interesting trends among Ashley Madison users — a notorious website that helps married people cheat on their spouses.
From officially discovering gravitational waves to capturing images of the brain on LSD for the first time, we’ve learned a lot this year.
An international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has uncovered the earliest direct evidence of humans processing plants for food found anywhere in the world.
New research conducted by scientists at the University of York reveals for the first time that Europe's earliest humans did not use fire for cooking, but had a balanced diet of meat and plants -- all eaten raw.