How does the brain distinguish between the "self" and the "other"? A new study gives a clue.

The debate over whether the world’s megarich are too rich is really a debate about whether America’s megarich are too rich.

The breakout song from Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s ‘South Park’ movie took center stage at the 2000 Academy Awards. Twenty years later, it remains a declaration of the duo’s ethos—and a prism into their complicated legacy.

New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.

NASA is about to fly a rotorcraft on another planet for the first time. And for the engineers who built the Mars Ingenuity helicopter, it's a Wright brothers moment.

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The new strain, scientists say, is carried by pigs but can infect humans and requires close monitoring.

California police are refusing to release documents about the surveillance technology it uses, despite a new law that requires their release.

The President's account broke the platform's hateful conduct policy.

Prince’s entire song catalog is available to use in TikTok’s short-form videos, under a deal with the Prince Estate announced Friday. “Prince was known for breaking boundaries and TikTok has proven to do so as well,” Troy Carter, entertainment adviser for the Prince Estate, said in a statement. “With the addition of Prince’s full catalog on TikTok, it is our hope that a new generation of global fans can find meaning in Prince’s music, and be inspired to create.”

Apple’s first ARM-based Mac will be available later this year

An analysis of images of the dwarf planet's surface and computer simulations of its interior have led researchers to propose a "hot start" scenario for Pluto's formation as the solar system, including Earth, took shape.

What a moment.

We know that climate change is caused by human activity, but pinning down exactly who is responsible is trickier than it might seem.

I felt bad asking Zack Gray to repeat his story. He was used to it, he said. It’s the founding tale of his startup, Ophelia; he’d already told part of it in his commencement speech at Wharton, and to potential investors.

A possible new mission called Trident is one of four concepts being considered for NASA's Discovery Program mission. Trident aims to explore Neptune's strange moon Triton.

You'd be surprised where great white sharks spend a lot of their time hunting prey. Understanding how these predators feed is important for managing human-shark interactions. World-first research into shark stomach contents from University of Sydney and NSW Government scientists.

“All I’m doing is putting the solder on,” says installer, who doesn’t sell the chips.

The Los Angeles County district attorney alleges that Masterson forcibly raped three women in separate incidents occurring from 2001 to 2003.

The two sites, ZeroHedge and The Federalist, will no longer be able to generate revenue from any advertisements served by Google Ads.

The change lets Facebook play both sides of the debate about political advertising on social media.

In 1960, audiences were unprepared for the director’s devious rug-pulling thriller and years later, its impact still reverberates