Holding a door or giving up a bus seat feels small. Yet those moments build trust between strangers. Psychologists call them ...

A recent experiment conducted in the Milan subway system suggests that the presence of a costumed superhero can significantly ...

A new study has found that people are more likely to act kind towards others when Batman is present – and not for the reasons ...

The following is an excerpt of The Science of Superheroes and Space Warriors published by HowStuffWorks. We’ve taken a look at the two main supertechnologies that make Batman go; now let’s look at the ...

Would you behave better in the presence of The Dark Knight? According to science, that's a very real possibility, regardless of the fact that Batman is ...

Panel description: What motivations sustain Bruce Wayne? What was needed to prepare him for his career as Batman? What has this career done to his psyche, his brain, his body? Psychology professor and ...

Batman Secret Files Huntress #1 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, and the titular Huntress has been infected with a deadly brain parasite by the villainous Vile. But is there really any evidence ...

Washington, D.C., October 30, 2015 - The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has named three winners for this year's AIP Science Writing Awards in the Writing for Children category for fun works on ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS- “The Batman” premieres Friday, ...

Research by psychologists from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore discovered that simply having a man costumed as The Caped ...

Lots of books try to teach young kids scientific concepts, but I haven’t encountered many that give kids credit for their capacity to know and understand those concepts. This is one of the things I ...