Health & Science

The strict parenting style described in the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua comes under fire in writer ...

[Rebroadcast] How do we measure a child’s success in school or socially? Plenty of attention is given to test scores and IQ. But ther ...

Opportunity has traversed 22.2 miles in its nine years and four months on the Red Planet, and is still performing good ...

The most minimal of penumbral lunar eclipses takes place Saturday night, though with clear skies, anyone can enjoy the ...

Parenting is not for the faint of heart. Daily demands add up and can be stressful and unnerving. For parents who’ve been diagnosed wi ...

Here in the U.S., odds that a couple will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary are about 50/50. That’s sobering news for young men ...

Not as big as the Big Bang, but this Big Blast blows away any other explosion ever seen by astronomers. The supermassiv ...

A migrating bird makes an unexpected stopover in Philadelphia after crashing into a Center City high rise.

There’s been a lot of discussion about the new book Lean In by Facebook COO Sherly Sandberg. It’s part memoir and pa ...

For a challenge, check out the Eta Aquarid meteor shower through Friday, 5/10. For an easier challenge, there are plane ...

At the age of 59, International Space Station cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov (pictured above) set a new record last week by ...

Positive emotions expert, social psychologist Barbara Fredrickson has some advice for all of us. It’s time to upgrade our view of ...

April 22, 2013 Image credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech [Dave Heller]: Get out the shampoo and ...

April 15, 2013 [Dave Heller] Come one, come all: techies, geeks, freaks, families and those just looking for a fun ...

If you were to draw a Venn diagram of concepts associated with baseball and religion, there is a surprisingly large amount of overlap: fa ...