According to researchers and experts, emojis aren't replacing the written word, they're just helping us understand the emotional context in which that written word was deployed.

Saturn's rings are young and might be gone almost as quickly as they appeared in planetary terms, according to the latest research by NASA.

In their fight against postmodernism, the so-called dark web intellectuals managed to create its regressive parallel universe clone.

What do sex workers, psychologists, and engineers think about futurists' and pundits' ideas of sci-fi style robot brothels to help angry celibate men?

When the internet really doesn't like you, there isn't much you can do but get better. Just don't tell that to angry aging lawmakers. They will refuse to believe you.

Evidence-based medicine, vaccination, and good science are out in Italy. Alt med scams, snake oil, and anti-vaccination propaganda are in.

InSight's recording of Martian winds isn't what you'd hear if you were on the planet yourself. And if you start asking why, you'll find out some bizarre and fascinating things about how winds work on alien worlds.

We've dreamt of turning Mars into Earth 2.0 for decades. But is it possible? Or even worth the effort?

Some Canadians are trying to save cashier jobs. But their phones and cheap, proven technology is poised to eliminate having to check out altogether.

We should take the gig economy's rapid growth and global impact as a warning that we need to make some major changes, and we need to make them very quickly.

He Jiankui tried to create two human beings resistant to HIV. Instead he triggered an international scandal with his methods and work experts describe as amateurish and shoddy.

Researchers may have found a cheap, easy, and far less invasive way to screen for cancer than conventional scans and biopsies. But there's still a lot to test before it makes its way to your doctor's office.

A new geoengineering experiment seeks to cool the Earth by safely emulating the aftermath of volcanic eruptions. But even if it's successful, all it can do is buy us time.

The world's most remote and least contacted tribe wants to be left alone, and they'll use lethal force to make sure of it. But what happens if that contact is accidental?

Researchers want you to know that immersing yourself in your own mind isn't all sunshine and enlightenment.