Slowly but surely, violence in movies has been escalating, prompting recurring spasms of fear that a surge in violent crime will inevitably follow, yet violent crimes rates keep declining. Why?

On average, winters are getting warmer and milder across the Northern Hemisphere. So what's with all the sudden cold snaps hammering North America and Europe?

An Indian science conference espoused the superiority of Hindu religion and legends over actual facts and history. And it's just a small part of an alarming and accelerating trend...

As official approval of lab-grown meat looms on the horizon, it's a good time to rethink how we feed ourselves and why we need to make a change sooner rather than later.

As global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, scientists are studying the Permian mass extinction for clues to our fate in a world warming out of control.

A new study shows that people with hardline political views are more confident in their decisions, no matter how minor, than moderates. But we still don't know why...

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?

A recent paper with a grim notice about the planet's warming oceans was wrong according to a climate change contrarian. Its authors agree.

The best way to understand the fabric of space and time might just involve a fifth state of matter and falling for a really long time...

CERN wants to investigate how antimatter falls by creating and dropping anti-hydrogen atoms, adding to our understanding of particle physics and its applications.

Rocks in Tasmania and the Grand Canyon are helping geologists piece together the history of a billion year old supercontinent and a more accurate history of our planet.

Researching human diversity helps us understand how we evolved. Unfortunately, it also gives racists opportunities to cherry pick justifications for their bigoted views...

The beer industry has a plan to keep their product affordable in spite of climate change. But they're not the only ones having to come up with climate mitigation plans to stay in business.

Scientists are debating how humanity will be remembered millions of years from now and it won't be by our sprawling cities and historical sites. It will be by our pollution, garbage, and weapons.