When scientists describe “Earth-like” planets, the phrase often brings to mind worlds scattered across the galaxy, quietly ...

While gossip can occasionally be bonding for romantic couples, and complaining can be good for venting out stagnant emotions ...

Intelligence helps in many areas, but it can create friction in conversations, friendships, and small talk. From feeling out ...

While it’s true that emotional intelligence is often linked to more meaningful relationships, productive communication, and prosocial behaviors, according to a study from the BMC Psychology journal, ...

A popular model of evolution concludes that it was incredibly unlikely for humanity to evolve on Earth, and that extraterrestrial intelligence is vanishingly rare. But as experts on the entangled ...

While some interests seem mundane and uninteresting, intelligent individuals swear by them. Because people who think smarter ...

Across astronomy and astrobiology, a quiet but profound shift is underway. Instead of assuming the galaxy teems with ...

Some people don’t need a stack of diplomas or a genius-level IQ to come across as incredibly sharp. Intelligence has a way of ...

A new model increases the probability of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, upending the decades-old “hard steps” theory that intelligent life was an incredibly improbable event on Earth. Are ...

More specifically, it’s about a simple, 10-word question that guides people to intentional gratitude–even finding ways to be grateful for circumstances and experiences that other people might think ...

For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable result of a series of unlikely evolutionary leaps. But new research by ...