What do whales, caribou and humans have in common? Abortion as a response to ill health and resource scarcity

From the alien invasion to a Mulder-and-Scully sex scene, "The X-Files" has plenty of material for new episodes

Only when we're willing to see our own invasive nature will we become the kind of land we want to be

There's immense overlap, Colavito says, between QAnon believers, UFO enthusiasts and Donald Trump's superfans

Economists show that the rise in Web pornography leads to fewer rapes.

Trump officials now claim they can deport Vietnam War-era refugees who have lived in the U.S. for decades

A viral image is giving people the heebie-jeebies, but what's so gross about "mechanically separated meat"?

Millions of Americans believe there are microchips in the vaccines. Jason Colavito says these delusions run deep

What we're taking into the new year — and what we're leaving behind

Donald Trump's "extreme" immigration plan is pretty clearly illegal, and GOP leaders need to answer for it

"Ms. Sherrod is owed an apology," Press Secretary Gibbs says -- but no word on offering her her job back

Republicans don't want an accurate count, for obvious reasons. But a botched census will hurt their voters most

The Internet Wayback Machine aims to archive everything online. But will copyright laws leave nothing but junk?

Hollywood action films aside, is there genuine risk to broadcasting our existence beyond the stars?