More than one self-experiment has resulted in a Nobel Prize. Against all odds, and sometimes in spite of the damage they cause, these crazy gambits pay off.

Astronomers who noticed a slight blip in space's background radiation got an insight not just into the early stars but into the age and nature of the early universe.

Decades after Charles Knowlton died, his book would be credited with the reversal of population growth in England and the popularization of contraception in the United States. 

When YouTube entered the scene in 2005, it made sharing amateur entertainment both instantaneous and global.

Scientists are "digitizing" water to better manage the precious resource. What does that mean and how is it helping?

Since Donald Trump was elected, national news stories dominate our attention and our social media feeds—at the expense of local news.

Do personality quizzes help solidify one's sense of self? Or is there something limiting in having one's identity summed up so neatly?

An original essay about the science of the future by the late theoretical physicist.

In 1993, Navajo elders provided a key piece of information to CDC scientists and climatologists to help combat a deadly mystery disease.

More than a century ago, a blend of exotic stereotypes, trendy health advice, and new ideas about religion and gender built the foundations of the American yoga movement.