Zeberiah Newman's documentary finds Susan Powter in Las Vegas and explores her life, celebrity and hopes for a comeback. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic Then again, Susan Powter was never ...

Scientists and Indigenous sailors in the Marshall Islands are studying seafaring and the human brain. Scientists and Indigenous sailors in the Marshall Islands are studying seafaring and the human ...

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called "Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?" Forty-five years later, ...

Director, producer, playwright and actor Tyler Perry has kept himself busy this year. With four films already released, including the Netflix hit “Straw” with Taraji P. Henson, “Tyler Perry’s Finding ...

When we try to find our way through the world and construct a life that makes sense of who we are and what we do, we often focus on meaning and purpose. These words hold tremendous weight. They can ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

The Environmental Protection Agency’s reconsideration of its so-called “endangerment finding” is long overdue. It was already true in 2009, when the endangerment finding was first established to ...

Dr. Rosalene and Dr. Watts have peculiar jobs: They give people another chance to live, all the way from the very beginning… but only in their patients’ heads. Due to the severity of the operation, ...

The federal government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases depends on a 2009 scientific determination. The Trump administration wants to repeal it. By Claire Brown A major new analysis issued ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: String theory—the idea that particles are not point-like, but instead one-dimensional strings—is a popular theoretical framework that attempts to ...

Lifetime’s first faith-based slate finally concludes. And it ends with the aptly titled Finding Faith. It was fine. The film feels exactly like what you’d expect from a traditional African-American ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ken Silverstein covers global energy and climate issues. Aerial view of Jon Amos Power plant shows smoke stacks and cooling, Coal, ...