Alt med cranks have been scaring millions about the supposed harm of artificial sweeteners. A systematic review of 13,000 studies shows they're either lying or ignorant.

If scientists don't get aggressively involved in policy and soon, there might not be much science left for them to do...

A new experiment shows that ridicule as almost as effective as debunking when it comes to dissuading people from falling for conspiracy theories.

A widely covered study alleges that humans lost the penile bone and a certain measure of endurance in mating. But that finding seems to be at odds with other studies.

In most fields, bleeding edge research is conducted in academic labs, not corporate bullpens. In computer science, that's often not the case.

Quantification and tracking gets people to do more of what you want them to do, but makes doing it a lot less fun.

AAU's survey of inappropriate sexual behavior did not go smoothly and its results raise a lot of questions about both their methodology and college culture.

A new study shows that human languages do tend to follow the same logical rules, but the theory's sheer scope means it only takes one exception to invalidate its premise.

American seniors are convinced that millennial life is just an orgy of constant casual sex. But research into the matter shows absolutely no evidence of this.

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.

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...

The idea that sexual abuse and careers in porn go hand in hand isn't true according to a survey of adult performers. But the context of the findings and public reactions to them are still quite unsettling.

Satoshi Kanawaza is back and he's as lazy, sexist, and racist as ever while pretending to be a victim.

A study shows that the further we're personally removed from a harmful or even lethal action, the easier we can rationalize its execution.

Contrary to popular belief, the Apollo program wasn't all that popular when it was underway.