People who leave comments in online forums to deliberately provoke angry and emotional reactions from others are not much nicer in real life, according to a study published in the journal Identity and Personal Differences.

Exerting self-control often means coping with emotions that tell us to indulge, feel melancholy, or focus on the negative.

The creators of Minecraft, for example, a game in which complex structures are built out of simple cubes, have created an educational version of the software.

Should Scotland become an independent nation next Thursday, how the event will affect the nation's whisky business depends on which side of the political campaign you ask.

More than 1 billion people volunteer around the world annually but because they do not receive taxed income for their efforts, the economic effect of volunteering is often excluded from GDP calculations.

Noah Zatz, professor at the UCLA law school, argues that undervaluing labor that happens inside the home puts poor families at a further monetary disadvantage. 

Two individuals separated by 5,000 miles have successfully communicated without typing or saying a word to each other. Rather it was their brains that did the talking.