Culture

Is there a way to suppress unwanted thoughts that repeatedly pop into your mind?

Are some people more prone to developing phobias, and are these extreme aversions permanent?

Which of the 12 months has the most births? And why do babies tend to be born at certain times of the year?

The most popular color can vary by culture, gender and time.

The number of people the planet can sustain depends on both the natural constraints of our environment and human choices.

Some people who visit Paris develop extreme symptoms — such as nausea, vomiting and hallucinations — when their expectations of the city do not jibe with reality.

Even when there is substantial evidence to the contrary, the allure of conspiracy theories may be too powerful for some to resist.

Of the 13 mass school shootings in the U.S., the three most deadly occurred in the last decade. Data from these attacks helped criminologists build a profile of the gunmen.

Race and ethnicity are terms that are sometimes used sloppily, almost interchangeably. But race and ethnicity are not the same thing.

The Mandela effect is when many people believe that something happened when, in reality, it never did.

If you want to learn something interesting every day, Live Science is the place for you.

Researchers found that people are more likely to seek variety for lunch and dinner, while eating the same thing for breakfast day after day.

A new analysis of a 1.5 million-year-old human vertebra found in Israel suggests that ancient human relatives dispersed out of Africa in multiple waves.