Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights

California has a 93 percent chance of a magnitude-7 or greater earthquake occurring by 2045. Early warning systems, now in development, could limit casualties and damage.

As tensions between the U.S. and Russia escalate, both sides are developing technological capabilities, including artificial intelligence that could be used in conflict.

In the late 1990s, theoretical physicists uncovered a remarkable connection between two seemingly unrelated concepts in theoretical physics.

Predicting when a volcano is going to explode is a very difficult task.

The likely culprit? Changes in how we spend our free time.

A new study has looked at why some crystal meth users suffer psychosis and others don't.

The short answer is no, but they do have a stylet. Here's how that works.

Gamma ray bursts, intense explosions of light, are the brightest events ever observed in the universe – lasting no longer than seconds or minutes.

Turns out, there's a quantum speed limit.

Most anthropologists believe that witch labeling has evolved to get people to conform. But new research suggests an alternative explanation.

The 75th anniversary of Tesla's death on Jan. 7 provides a timely opportunity to review the life of a man who came from nowhere yet became world famous.

As with humans, obesity in pets is at epidemic proportions. Here's why.

Despite people's concerted efforts, obesity is at its highest level ever. Here's why.

Turns out, hormone levels and brain hemispheres may explain the right-leaning kiss bias.

You would think that electrons would be easy enough to describe — but a quantum-mechanical property called "spin" makes that task much less straightforward.

Gender is more of a flexible state than most people think. And as children, we start out thinking more flexibly about gender than we do as adults.

Home can be a slippery concept. But psychologists have long understood that it plays a huge role in self-identity and emotional well-being.

Can objects be manipulated instantaneously from a distance?