Every young person has had the same experience I've had -- the experience of hearing older people talking about serious topics you don't understand and assuming they know what they're talking about, ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When Robert Roberson's execution was abruptly halted in Texas, it was due to a subpoena ordering him to testify over a legal backstop that both Republicans and Democrats say ...

AUSTIN – When Robert Roberson's execution was abruptly halted in Texas, it was due to a subpoena ordering him to testify over a legal backstop that both Republicans and Democrats say should had saved ...

Hypnosis played a critical role in the real-life case depicted in Max’s Love & Death. But was it good science? Here’s what the experts say. So (spoiler alert) how in the world did the jury find her ...

Is National Review “junk news”? A panel of Oxford scientists says yes. Their study, “Polarization, Partisanship and Junk News Consumption over Social Media in the US,” purports to show that on social ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." We’ve all been exposed to quacks, hacks, and fonts of bullshit before. But not like this. We’re at ...

Politically-driven vaccine resistance renders persuasion efforts all but futile in that segment of the population. A different, but still potent, obstacle is posed when trying to persuade those ...

In reality, medical studies have shown that providing trans and nonbinary children with gender-affirming care actually makes ...

America’s new obsession with detecting and correcting fake news is good for democracy. The future of our republic depends on a properly informed electorate. Likewise, our health depends on us being ...

Something about us loves applying a ratio to human nature. For centuries, artists, biologists, architects, astronomers, and philosophers have obsessed over the Golden Ratio of 1.61803 and what it ...

The sweeping new restrictions would cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide puberty blockers, hormone therapy or ...