Alcohol is riskier than previously thought, but weighing the trade-offs of health risks can be deeply personal.

England was once so proud of its colonial regime that it boasted, "The sun never sets on the British empire."

What happens when you leave cleanliness up to your microbiome?

Research that studied semen samples from nearly 43,000 men from 50 countries detected a sharp downward trend that is provoking broad health concerns.

Once upon a time, acquiring wisdom and being a good person were intimately linked. The modern university changed all that.

Amazing film on education made by NCERT in collaboration with UNICEF and UNESCO.

The MacArthur “genius” answers questions on the power of resilience.

As a teenager, Adolfo Kaminsky saved thousands of lives by forging passports to help children flee the Nazis.

One hundred years ago, the inventor of the most deadly weapon of the 20th century was born in Russia.

In Paris, experts are modeling ways to revive the burned cathedral’s centuries-old acoustics. A Times interactive shows how space can affect what we hear.

The German Jewish chemist Fritz Haber's astonishing career led to millions of lives saved, and millions of lives lost, reports Chris Bowlby.

All the personal tasks in our lives are being made easier. But at what cost?