A primer, for all you nerds.

A home or office isn't complete without a globe. A beautiful sphere of the world that we can spin on its axis and dream about the next faraway land we'd love to travel to some day.

At 77 years old, Carl Lindemaier says he’s in better shape now than he was in his 20s.

Decision-making—the ability to choose one path out of several options—is generally considered a cognitive ability possessed by biological systems, but not by physical objects. Now in a new study, researchers have shown that any rigid physical (i.e., ...

The problem wasn’t that they didn’t know they were living in a fantasy world. The problem was that they couldn’t — or didn’t — extricate themselves.

"I really wanted to enjoy this canyon..."

People genetically prone to low vitamin-D levels are at increased risk of multiple sclerosis, a large study suggests.

I know there are a tremendous number of articles out there right now about market volatility, but this one by Tim Lee @ Vox felt really clear and concise.

Intel is equipping Australian honey bees with RFID 'black box' chips to track the movements of the insects to discover why their populations are declining.

People don't play the lottery because they expect to get rich. They play the lottery because it's fun to indulge in the fantasy that, one day, their lives could suddenly get easier.

The piece lost has a volume of about 17.5 cubic km, which is enough to cover the island of Manhattan in a layer of ice almost 1,000 feet deep.

FiveThirtyEight asks "How come?"

He’s coming off the best year ever for a Bears tight end (yes, including Mike Ditka). But that’s not even close to the most interesting thing about him.

Intuition can encourage opinions that are contrary to the facts. That, and it's hard to shake labels like frankenfood.

The elder statesman of alt comix looks back on the legendary series he co-created, Love and Rockets. Los Bros Hernandez forever.

Some people can read a topographic map and visualize what the landscape should look like based on the shape of the contours lines shown. It's a real skill to do it well, and while I'm pretty good at it,  I can miss details unless I really c ...

Update from Cory Doctorow.

The Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday refused to declare the smell of marijuana smoke wafting into neighbors' homes "unpleasant."

According to Chinese web users, Italy is weak, Bulgaria is milk-fed, and Lithuania is suicidal.

The experimental drug ofatumumab would bolster the Swiss pharmaceutical company’s portfolio of multiple sclerosis treatments.