Researchers are finding clues to the basis of brilliance in the brain

Good news for couch potatoes. There may be a pill that lets them watch their TV and get their exercise, too—without moving a muscle. Scientists have found a drug that mimics the effects of a workout by, among other things, increasing the body's ability to burn fat.

Can we tweak certain genes to stave off the aging process—or, conversely, to speed it up? New research indicates that it may one day be possible.

Biologists finally are unraveling the medical mysteries of migraine, from aura to pain

Neuroscientist Marco Iacoboni discusses mirror neurons, autism and the potentially damaging effects of violent movies.

Despite spending half what the U.S. does on health care, Canada doesn't appear to be any worse at looking after the health of its citizens

A film challenging evolution by game show host and financial analyst Ben Stein is a case study in antiscience propaganda

In M. Night Shyamalan's film Signs, the protagonist suffers a crisis of faith so deep that it takes an alien invasion of Earth for him to work it out. In Shyamalan's latest movie, The Happening, which opens today, the protagonist suffers a crisis of reason. Unfortunately, this time not even the looming extinction of humanity resolves it for him.

As part of the publicity for The Happening, writer-director M. Night Shyamalan gave a number of interviews to science journalists, including me, Andy Revkin, and Ira Flatow. And what Shymalan said has come in for some criticism: that he incorrectly called the placebo effect inexplicable, misrepresented Einstein's religious beliefs, and at times sounded downright crypto-creationist.

MIT's Dan Ariely discusses his research in behavioral economics and explains how to deal with our brain's flawed decision-making process