One night about 60 years ago, physicist Enrico Fermi looked up into the sky and asked, "Where is everybody?" He was talking about aliens. Today, scientists know that there are millions, perhaps ...

To an outsider, this might look like rumination or self-criticism. But emotionally intelligent people use it as rehearsal and integration. Speaking out loud engages different parts of the brain than ...

Human beings are a panicky species – quick to fear and slow to understand. Over much of our evolutionary history, this ingrained alarm served us well, keeping us alive in a wild world brimming with ...

Grocery stores are like the theaters of everyday life, where the mundane meets the bizarre. From aisle to aisle, you're likely to witness an array of peculiar behaviors unique to this setting. While ...

That's why we've rounded up 13 of the most interesting things we've found on Mars that made us do a double take. We'll talk about how we've found it, why it's so perplexing, and what it might tell us ...

This is one of the weirdest mysteries of human evolution: Why do we have grandmas? From menopause to our slow maturation and super-long lifespans, humans are quite unique in the animal kingdom. Could ...

Just when you think you have the internet all nicely figured out, you accidentally stumble on something that turns everything upside down, takes you on a rollercoaster ride, and leaves you dazed, ...