They're the biggest innovation in higher education in years, but are they a threat to small universities and community colleges?
What does it mean to be “addicted” to your favorite team?
Should sending "Thank you" emails and leaving voice mails now be considered bad manners? Some think texting has made it so
It’s never been easy, but drones and cybersystems are making it more difficult than ever to decide which servicemen are deserving of what
When an algorithm-driven light show took over the Bay Bridge last week, it was the latest example of how much technology is transforming how cities look.
A look at the space shuttle toilet and "the deepest, darkest secret about space flight"
More and more scientific research is showing that sleep is more important to our state of mind--and body--than we ever could have imagined
Research shows that cities can cut emissions by 70 percent; check out the ones striving their hardest to curb their carbon appetites
Actually, fairly smart. And we're only seeing the first wave of smartwatches, with Apple expected to enter the fray as early as this year
With nanomedicine, the strategy is not to poison cancer cells or to blast them away but to trick them
Napoleon Chagnon’s new memoir reignites the firestorm over his study of the Yanomamö
Often described as “uncontacted,” isolated groups living deep in the South American forest resist the ways of the modern world—at least for now
Bernard Bailyn, one of our greatest historians, shines his light on the nation’s Dark Ages
Want to know where the poor live? Look at where the light isn’t
The White House wants to fund a huge project that would allow scientists to see, in real time, how a brain does its work
A different type of stem cell—one used in asexual reproduction—can create new heart muscle tissue without raising ethical questions, new studies show
The renowned chimp expert discusses her new book, her efforts to protect the rainforest and why she misses living with chimps
The dumb dog days are over, says evolutionary anthropologist Brian Hare
Last week's close encounters with space rocks have raised concerns about how we deal with dangerous asteroids. Here's how we would try to knock them off course.
Don't understand love? Not to worry. Scientists continue to study away to try to make sense of it for the rest of us
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