Humorist Joe Pisani challenges a study that suggests grandparents live longer when they take care of their grandkids.

Towards the end of last year, Rashik Parmar began getting calls from anxious students who had just graduated with degrees in ...

Nicola Dell, a computer scientist studying the role of technology in intimate partner violence, cofounded the Center to End ...

No, it’s not an artificial intelligence simulation. Rather, in the David vs. Goliath battles raging across America, pitting ...

(RNS) — Americans who had a good experience as children were likely to keep their faith. Those with bad experiences left, according to a new study from Pew Research Center. (RNS) — Americans who had a ...

Free Expression: Pete Hegseth might have gone too far in applying the lesson of ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai.’ Photo: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Associated Press One scandal of our age is the attempt to ...

A pair of recent studies examined why sophisticated levels of consciousness evolved in some animals, but not in others. In the first study, philosophers outlined the ALARM theory that shows how three ...

At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers computer science and A.I.

Maybe it's time for finals, a big exam, a massive project, or maybe you just want a quiet place to sit down and work. The campus has several spots you can use to study or just to have some time to ...

Fatigue, joint pain, rashes, brain fog or tingling in the hands and feet can seem like normal signs of aging—but they may also point to an autoimmune disease. These potentially disabling and often ...

Sperm whales swimming off the coast of Dominica. The marine mammals have a complex communication system that scientists are working to decode. Amanda Cotton Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Stanford researchers have solved a longtime medical mystery after discovering why some people develop the autoimmune condition lupus. In a new study published in the biomedical journal Science ...