Despite what cranks, frauds, and their fans will tell you, scientists do listen to amateurs with good ideas, as two recent news stories demonstrate.

The question of nature vs. nurture may never be settled when it comes to humans.

With so many imagining a future where machines exist not just by our side but as parts of us, we may have made sure that we have no choice but to become part robot.

Researchers keep confirming that revealing more flesh and using more makeup can dehumanize you, but they haven't figured out exactly why.

It turns out that clothes have an amazing effect on how we're perceived by others, even at first glance.

The good news is that foreign disinformation trolls aren't changing people's minds. The bad news is that, as it turns out, they don't have to…

When you think about just how much dark matter there is in the universe, it would be pretty strange if it never harmed anyone or anything…

Getting fit is a massive industry which claims to have the latest science behind it. But as more people are taking their advice, the world's obesity epidemic is spreading. How is that possible?

A new experiment on recently slaughtered pigs shows us that brains may be intact for a while after death, and we might have the technology to bring them back to life. Now what?

The right manufactured a free speech crisis on college campuses and President Trump may be giving them a tool to hold the nation's R&D labs hostage while demanding the spotlight.

A new Danish study confirms that being surrounded by greenery improves mental health. As more of us move into rapidly growing cities and aim to explore space, we need to plan for a greener future.

Before you get your DNA tested, remember that most of the baseline samples used to process your genome only come from three countries and your reports will feature a lot of asterisks.

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...

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

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