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For someone to become "hangry," context is key. People need to be in a negative situation or subject to negative stimuli to have a hangry response.

A new survey of baobab trees in Africa finds that many of the oldest have died or significantly deteriorated in the last decade. Scientists say climate change and human intervention could be culprits.

Carl Zimmer wondered what secrets lurked in his genetic code — so he decided to have his genome sequenced. He writes about the implications of the study of genetics in She Has Her Mother's Laugh.

Kentucky’s joining a national effort to reduce the number of people held in jail during pretrial. In Kentucky, counties pay the cost of housing inmates…

Fans of white water rafting may have more chances to hit the river in eastern Kentucky as Senator Mitch McConnell is working to expand the rafting…

Early this year, Republicans advanced version of the pension bill that stalled after intense opposition from state workers, especially teachers.…

The marshmallow test is one of the most famous social experiments of all time, but we may be thinking about it all wrong.

When President Trump and Kim Jong Un meet on Tuesday, it will be the result of strenuous diplomacy by officials from the U.S., North Korea and other countries. Here are some of the key figures.

Critics and audiences have called the film "traumatizing" and "terrifying," and Aster says that was his intention: to upset audiences deeply. But he wanted to focus on family drama before horror.

In the relaxed days of summer, critic Maureen Corrigan reflexively reaches for a mystery. This year, she's settling in with The Dime, by Kathleen Kent, and The Death of Mrs. Westaway, by Ruth Ware.