For a full year, A.J. Jacobs followed every piece of health advice he could — from applying sunscreen by the shot glass to wearing a bicycle helmet while shopping. Onstage at TEDMED, he shares the…

Continuing the primary pattern of 2012, Ron Paul has taken his turn basking in the GOP spotlight with a third-place finish at the Iowa caucus. Still, most pundits agree it’s unlikely…

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Author James Lawrence Powell explains the case of the physicist Richard Muller, who used to be critical about the science behind global warming. Muller conducted a study funded by the Koch brothers…

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In the video below, author Gretchen Rubin describes two frequent mistakes people make in setting goals for themselves. Watch the video here:

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The Iowa caucus is three days away, and protesters have been bringing some Occupy Wall Street spirit to the heartland’s political circus. The occupiers aren’t partisan; they’ve been targeting…

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What’s the Latest Development? A new cancer center in Houston, Texas, is ready to spend $3 billion to scale new research methods in hopes of finding the cause of five yet-to-be-determined cancers….

Before you ingest enough alcohol to make your head spin this New Year’s, fill your head with scientific knowledge about what booze actually does to your body. Apparently, that stuff…