Stephen Hawking's 1st Wife Blasts Biopic 'The Theory of Everything' By Jeanna Bryner Jane Hawking says the film got a lot of things wrong about her life with the renowned physicist.
Physicist Who Coined 'God Particle' Dies. And a Great Voice for Science Is Stilled. By Don Lincoln It is a sad "day" in science. Dr. Leon Lederman has passed away at the age of 96.
This Test Can Measure the 'Dark Core' of Your Personality By Stephanie Pappas Certain personality traits have a common origin.
A Physicist Said Women's Brains Make Them Worse at Physics — Experts Say That's 'Laughable' By Rafi Letzter Live Science fact-checked a physicist's claims about women's brains and discrimination against men with actual experts in brains and discrimination.
How Reliable Are the Memories of Sexual Assault Victims? By Jim Hopper Here's the expert testimony excluded from the Kavanaugh hearing.
The Field You Work in Could Predict Whether You're Doomed to Divorce By Brandon Specktor When there are more fish in the sea, is the fisherman more likely to get a divorce?
Profiling a Conspiracy Theorist: Why Some People Believe By Joshua Hart Some people are habitual conspiracy thinkers – there's a plan behind everything, and it's usually malevolent. One scientist set out to understand who is likely to ascribe to these theories.
Secrets of the Perfect Water-Bottle Flip Unlocked: Thanks, Physicists! By Mindy Weisberger Bottle flipping just got a whole lot easier.
150 Years Ago, Mobius Discovered Weird One-Sided Objects. Here's Why They're So Cool. By David Gunderman, Richard Gunderman The inventor of the brain-teasing Möbius strip died 150 years ago, but his creation continues to spawn new ideas in mathematics.
Should All Nobel Prizes Be Canceled for a Year? By Brian Keating This year's Nobel Prize for literature was nixed because of a sex scandal. Other Nobels have neglected key contributors. Should all prizes be cancelled while criteria for winning is reassessed?
What You See in This Famous Optical Illusion Could Reveal How Old You Are By Yasemin Saplakoglu Do you see an old woman or a young woman?
Why Women Are Still Attracted to 'Benevolently Sexist' Men By Pelin Gül, Tom R. Kupfer But researchers have also revealed a paradox: Women prefer men who behave in ways that could be described as benevolently sexist over those who don't.
Are These Four Personality Types for Real? By Stephanie Pappas Researchers find that personality traits occur in clusters.
People Don't Know When They're Being Jerks By Stephanie Pappas Compared to other self-knowledge, people are bad at knowing when they're being rude.
New Stephen Hawking Graphic Biography to Reveal the Scientist — and the Man By Mindy Weisberger A new graphic biography details the life and science of the late Stephen Hawking.
Why False Beliefs Are Hard to Shake By Stephanie Pappas Why do some people seriously think the Earth is flat? Turns out, they aren't good at judging how certain they should be.
Why Creationists Are More Likely to Buy into Conspiracy Theories By Kimberly Hickok People who believe in creationism use the same way of thinking to believe conspiracy theories.
If Identical Twins Married Identical Twins, How Genetically Similar Would Their Children Be? By Yasemin Saplakoglu A couple of identical couples recently doubled up for life.
Angry People Think They’re Smarter Than They Are By Kimberly Hickok Is Oscar the Grouch as smart as he thinks he is?
