Good-bye, spanking. Like all types of violence throughout the world, the physical discipline of children is declining. In the United State...

Do you wear headphones or earbuds? Are you concerned at all about their effect on your hearing? Maybe somewhere in the back of your mind you...

Remember when Ebola was going to kill us all? Well, besides the fact that that didn't happen and the virus stayed largely contained wit...

This year, it seems like all the end-of-year roundup stories are particularly negative. It turns out that rock stars are not immortal, and m...

A few months ago I reported on new glasses that let color-blind folks see in full color. Now, there are two more inventions just this month ...

From The Week : "Decades of research have shown that people tend to pair off with partners who are similar to them in terms of race, ed...

I usually try not to put too much into short-term economic data, preferring long-term trends. But this news seems significant considering we...