Here’s a troubling fact. A self-driving car hurtling along the highway and weaving through traffic has less understanding of what might cause an accident than a child who’s just learning to walk. A ...

A new method for determining causality gives scientists a more holistic view of the causal role that contributing factors play within just about any system. Cause and effect. We understand this ...

Here’s a curious question: Do certain physical events have no cause, or is there a reason behind every action? This conundrum lies at the heart of one of the strangest areas of foundational science.

You stay up well into the early hours playing computer games. The next day you are very tired and you fall asleep during the maths test. You fail the test and get punished as well. That's a rather sad ...

A deeply rooted concept in everyday life is causality; the idea that events in the present are caused by events in the past and, in turn, act as causes for what happens in the future. Physicists have ...

Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Machiavellian politician from Bihar, is the leading actor in the drama of power play in north India. One of the most familiar words in the English language is "because", because ...

Why are there so few women in STEM roles even though there is a high demand for STEM-related jobs? Listen to a Sistas Let's Talk podcast episode about the lack of women in STEM in the Pacific. Then, ...

Attorney Andrew Cohen analyzes legal issues for CBS News and CBSNews.com. The legal war on terror has so many fronts that it's often difficult to remember how one ...

Step outside of the patrol car in a thunderstorm without a raincoat and you're gonna get wet. Your lack of proper planning or preparations caused your exposure to the ...