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Released in 1972, "Ways of Seeing" has proven to be as worthy of study as the artistic traditions it investigates.

Senator John Sidney McCain III, who died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 at the age of 81, is lying in state in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol.

A Cornell Health physician has blended rap and medicine to better educate kids on coronavirus guidelines.

If you ever loved something most people didn’t understand, you’ll get it. “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a […]

Solving difficult visual puzzles seems to help the brain "rewire" itself by forming new neural pathways.

Oxygen isn't strictly necessary for combustion, but it is ideal. Any advanced (alien) civilization probably uses oxygen to burn things.

The "Clovis First" hypothesis for human settlement of North and South America has just been debunked. Where do we go from here?

Nearly 200 orbital launches are scheduled for 2022.

Two new studies examine ways we could engineer human wormhole travel.

What can 'behaviorism' teach us about ourselves?

Map shows oldest buildings for each U.S. state – but also hints at what's missing.

A strange object found in the desert has prompted worldwide speculation.

But most city dwellers weren't seeing the science — they were seeing something out of Blade Runner.

Your television may soon get a serious upgrade.

We cannot give in to fear, but we cannot be reckless when the lives and health of so many are at stake. There is a novel infectious disease that is currently […]

Average waiting time for hitchhikers in Ireland: Less than 30 minutes. In southern Spain: More than 90 minutes.

The buildings of the future will be fluid, impermanent, and in constant transformation. But will human nature catch up?

Health experts told Congress that we're woefully unprepared for the coming realities of climate change. Will we listen?

America's greatest international impact since World War 2 has been through its diplomacy, not its wars.

Here are some of the best books on the rich history, rabid speculations and intriguing fictionalized world of artificial intelligence.

In honor of St. Patrick's day and Women's History Month, we present 10 Irish American women who changed the world in their own way.

Every year, companies try to do things better, to find the most effective way to complete some task or to improve overall productivity. Employee learning programs play a massive part […]

Married people even do better during the so-called middle-age slump.

A massive solar project has just been completed, and its specs are impressive.

From religion to democrats to... Whole Foods. Did you make the cut? 

A researcher is experimenting with an artificial hippocampus to learn how to strengthen and store memories.l 

A new study by a Harvard University economist shows surprising results about whom the police are actually more likely to shoot.

How does he deliver presents to hundreds of millions of households in just one night? With physics, of course! “Our family was too strange and weird for even Santa Claus to […]

A new book offers insights into the makers of earworms you can't escape.

Thomas Jefferson is probably most famous for drafting the Declaration of Independence, but the indelible legal document is just one of many intriguing facts about the man.