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Understanding how our environment and social conditions shape our health could lead to better treatments and better preventive care.

With our plastic dependency growing and rate of recycling decreasing, it's crucial to make the tough but necessary switch to reusables.

We spend an average of 38 minutes a day getting to and from work. (That's 165 hours a year.) Here's how the health numbers break down, both mentally and physica

On Thursday, in a teleconference sponsored by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, nuclear weapons expert Henry Sokolski discussed his recent book "Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future." The book's central thesis is tha ...

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Elon Musk is likely blushing.

We picked up a 2016 Trek motorhome to serve as our full-time home this past February in Florida. In some ways, it's hard to believe these 6 months have flown by already. At the same time, it feels ...

You may be surprised where food additives come from—and what they look like.

Local courts across the US are illegally locking up poor people when they cannot afford to pay fines.

What's more thrilling than walking across a drastically dipping rope bridge hung thousands of feet above the ground?

We all make bad decisions sometimes, but have you ever wondered what mental obstacles can lead you astray? This infographic goes over 20 of the most common cognitive biases that can mess with your head when it’s decision time.

After fourteen years of being immersed in the bloody wars of our era, C.J. Chivers came home.

Ready for a new way to see the country and the beautiful fall foliage? Try train travel. Check out these 12 options for great U.S. train trips.

In a finding with national implications, a Seattle land-record audit reports that all assignments of mortgages involving MERS — and therefore any resulting foreclosures — were fraudulent.

The human rights researcher has humanized Europe's refugee crisis by sharing families' stories on Facebook and Twitter.

Move over, cat loaf. There's a new herd of feline-themed baked goods in town, and they are taking the Internet by storm.

The collision would be so powerful that bursts of gravitational waves could ripple through the fabric of space-time itself.

International energy watchdog’s new head, Fatih Birol, warns of costs and technological challenges but stops short of recommending an outright ban