Instead of erasing and pathologizing transgenderism, we should be studying it to unlock answers to long standing questions about sex and gender.

Technophobes and worried Singularitarians concerned about a violent AI need to stop worrying about the machines and start worrying about who's programming them.

An online conspiracy theory says that the much covered idea for a head transplant is just a guerilla marketing stunt for Konami.

Want a longer, healthier, more exciting life with many quality years in your old age? Support space exploration.

No, fast radio bursts, or FRBs, aren't microwave noodles of impatient astronomers. They're a very real phenomenon the media just can't seem to get right.

If you've heard about the Cold Spot, you may have read that it's caused by a strangely low density of galaxies in that area of the universe. But the truth is much, much weirder...

It turns out that one of the best ways to learn about dark matter is to turn out the lights, lean back, and closely watch a little gravitational galaxy on galaxy action.

Even before her presidential campaign begins in earnest, Hillary Clinton appears to have the ufologist vote locked up...

The next job in line to get automated seems to be line cooks, raising even more alarms about the future of work and the economy.

When the courts encounter computer science and chemistry, the end result isn't sophisticated regulation but utter confusion as judges and lawyers try to figure out what's legal, what's not, and what should be.

Mars One might be imploding under its own hype but that doesn't mean we can't learn from its ability to tap into people's desire to explore.

Skeptical groups and bloggers seem to have split into two camps. One wants to teach and promote science. The other has very different priorities.

Of all the things you could get transplanted, your head should not make the list. The risks are far too great and better methods are on the horizon.

We could have better, safer, more effective condoms. Unfortunately, the FDA has wrapped the process of getting new designs approved in red tape.

The future of meat isn't exactly not meat, at least not yet. But there is one way we could convince at least some people to start eating meat that doesn't come from an animal...