Can you unknot a twist of fate with logic? Vox's Phil Edwards asked mathematician Joseph Mazur about his book, Fluke, and one of its most incredible stories.

Join Leonardo DiCaprio as he explores the topic of climate change, and discovers what must be done today to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.

Public schools are increasingly divided by race and class. John Oliver discusses the troubling trend towards school resegregation.

Scientists are discovering new species at the bottom of the ocean and deep in the rainforest, but there are also plenty of new animals being discovered in cities around the world!

The State Department cited fears of attacks by extremist groups in ordering family members of employees to leave the consulate in Turkey.

In his Editorial New Rule, Bill Maher cautions young voters against characterizing the choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as picking between "the lesser of two evils."

In order to better understand efficiency-reducing dendrites, the metal wire forming phenomenon that consumes electrolytes while new generation lithium metal batteries are charging, researchers have developed a visualization cell as a “window” to look ...

A quick interview with the Libertarian candidate for presidency of the USA.

Park Geun-hye under investigation over claims she let an old friend and daughter of a religious cult leader interfere in important state affairs

The new Toyota Hilux close to tipping over in the evasive meneuver.

Arctic sea ice has not only been shrinking in surface area in recent years, it’s becoming younger and thinner as well. In this animation, where the ice cover almost looks gelatinous as it pulses through the seasons, cryospheric scientist Dr. Walt Mei ...

Up to 3 million more people would vote on election day if Americans with disabilities had better access to the polls.

Aid groups are falling short on some of the world's worst crises, says researcher Sara Pantuliano. There is a way to fix it — but it might not be popular.

Cats are known for their curiosity, and as that one saying goes “it killed the cat”. But we can help our cuddly counterparts avoid this sad fate if we watch out for these three everyday things.

Astronomers using observations from NASA's Kepler and Swift missions have discovered a group of rapidly spinning stars that produce X-rays at more than 100 times the peak levels ever seen from the sun.

What rights do people have, and where do they come from? Who gets to make decisions for others, and on what authority? And how can we organize society to meet people’s needs? Tom Mullaney shows how these questions challenged an entire nation during t ...

This week on Team Fight Breakdown we're looking at a fight from the Worlds 2016 Semifinals between SK Telecom T1 and ROX Tigers, where we saw some of the best team fighting of the year.

Chad Wiggins, Marine Program Director at The Nature Conservancy Hawaii, is working towards solutions to manage the hooved animals’ growing population numbers, and in effect, hopefully provide relief for coral to survive the effects of climate change.

Global wildlife populations have fallen by 58% since 1970, according to a biodiversity report.

A look at the animated series that used vulgarity in language to reflect the reality of our lives.