From domesticating viruses and drinking antimatter to fight cancer, these amazing medical advances will change how we treat diseases in the future.

Say what you will about democracy, at least we have the option to kick crazies like King Charles VI out of office via a vote.

Perhaps the single unifying thread of human history is our obsession with predicting "the end". And, of course, being wrong about it.

A tragic flaw of most elementary history lessons is that we focus on teaching trivia. As it turns out, most of these "facts" are totally wrong.

In the back of our minds, we know we're going to die. But what does it look like just before it happens? These death photos reveal how mundane the end can look.

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is a walking reductio ad absurdum of Immanuel Kant’s Enlightenment treatise Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason. In that book, Kant argues that mankind is inherently drawn to evil deeds, and that this “radical evil,” as he calls it, inevitably corrupts every...

Imagine if suddenly the entire city of Atlanta were unable to vote in federal elections. That's reality for five million people who live in US territories.

Have you ever wondered what happened to the children of Stalin, Einstein, or the leaders of Nazi Germany? These are their stories.

The past couple centuries have brought with them some major innovations. But in many ways, we're still totally Medieval.

Humans are incredibly variable, with institutions changing across cultures and throughout time. These bizarre human mating rituals are testament to that.

Everybody knows that one jerk who's always bright and chipper and who never has a bad word to say about anybody else. Saint Philip was one of those.