Culture

Illicit drug residues in sewage spiked for holidays and special events during summer 2017 in rural Kentucky.

The female YouTube mass shooter is a rare outlier among mass killers and terrorists who are mostly men. Here's why scientists say most mass violence is carried out by men.

Here we go again: another Facebook controversy, yet again violating our sense of privacy by letting others harvest our personal information.

The new World Happiness Report again ranks Denmark among the top three happiest of 155 countries surveyed – a distinction that the country has earned for seven consecutive years.

If you are prone to embarrassment, you might be too self-centered. Here's a mental trick to overcome it.

Delve into the science of science fiction as Live Science visits Future Con in Washington, D.C.

Why people love videos of slime, sand, factory equipment and cake decorating.

Psychologists have known that something was wrong with their field since at least 2011. Now, there's a real plan to fix things, and it seems to be working.

One of the brightest minds, Stephen Hawking has died at age 76. As we mourn his death and celebrate his life, here's a look back at some of his most intriguing words.

A "flying car" company funded by Google co-founder Larry Page seems to finally have a prototype that looks something like a personal aircraft people might actually use.

If you've ever taken an unflattering selfie, it's not you — it's geometry.

If you want to understand how snowboarders, skiers, and other Winter Olympians perform complex tricks while shooting through open air, you need to understand cats.

Olympic audiences went wild last week when Mirai Nagasu landed a triple axel, becoming the first U.S. female figure skater to turn an entire 3.5 rotations in the air at the Winter Games.