While today we sweat, early modern Europeans froze. Furs to the rescue.

The federal government created a program in 1968 to insure homes in the US from flooding, yet few of the houses hammered by Harvey's record rainfall were covered.

After extreme weather events like Hurricane Harvey, city planners need to think about the smartest way to rebuild. Here are some no-regrets infrastructure investment ideas.

At a time in the sun's cycle when space weather experts expect less solar activity, our star is going bonkers with solar flares and coronal mass ejections. What effects will Earth feel?

Studies suggest that, even when we go to bed alone, the company we keep by day may determine how well we sleep at night.

Research has yielded new insights into Parkinson's disease, and treatments are expanding. But a shortage of doctors trained in the disease leaves a gap in care.

Millions of American children are being cared for by grandparents. To honor Grandparents Day we ask: What are the social and health impacts of this often unexpected turn of events?

The international community has been trying to stop North Korea from developing long-range missiles for decades. So what went wrong?

Join Malcolm Gladwell, Roxane Gay and Seth Weathers and host Carlos Watson as they look at how 'truthiness' impacts current affairs.

There are two common medications that prevent preterm birth – and poor black women often can't access either one.

The question of God's anger is intimately connected to the problem of human suffering. To understand the idea of divine retribution, one needs to know the meaning of suffering.

Athletic ability is often linked to size – of muscles and bones. New studies are suggesting, however, that the relative size of two fingers could be more predictive of ability.