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Telling your friend how a TV show, movie, or piece of live theatre ends may incur his or her wrath, so determined are we to preserve the element of surprise.
Predictions that the global population would level off later this century may prove false, reviving a debate about how to grow national economies while protecting environmental resources.
Combining alcoholic drinks with caffeine causes people to drink more for a variety of reasons, say psychological researchers from several American universities.
Meat consumption is increasingly seen as a health risk, an environmental risk, and a misuse of precious land and water resources.
Boarding an airplane is painfully slow, and while the back-to-front method used by most airlines is an intuitively good way to get people into their seats quickly, the results are mostly disastrous.
Having a do-to list for other people also helps circumvent the dreaded task of networking.
The American stock markets have all opened with gains this morning and the Economist reports this is likely due to the wave of GOP victories in the midterm elections.
Besides the political fallout from yesterday's midterm elections, America's long war against recreational marijuana is slowly but steadily coming to an end.
Giving birth doesn't seem likely to augment the finely tuned fitness of a professional athlete, but having a child may favorably change the physical and hormonal composition of mothers.
Futurists who believe endlessly in the miracle of technology are seizing on the approaching Internet of Things as the next harbinger of leisure, independence, and fun in the sun.
Even if our behavior is in some sense determined by forces unavailable to the conscious mind, people are willing to uphold their belief in free will.
When it comes to choosing a mate, a new study form the University of Toronto argues that people overestimate their willingness to reject unsuitable romantic partners.
If learning institutions have become money machines, where does that leave their educational mission?
Psychologists recognize a thin line between creative genius and destructive psychopathy: general intelligence and so-called diversifying experiences that happen in childhood or young-adulthood.
Through a clever experiment, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have arrived at a closer understanding of the foundation of the human imagination.
Both men and women with two or more children outperformed their peers who had one child or were childless.
Ever since the arrival of agriculture, and more recently, cubicles, modern society has begun selecting for those who can interest themselves in the repetitive, or least force themselves to tolerate it.
Children from intact families are more likely to be competitive in today's economy because their parents tend to spend more money on their education.
STEM careers and technology start-ups are all the rage, but national labor statistics present a different reality: most job growth will occur in fields that require far different skill sets.
Entrepreneurs who commit themselves to the trade, attempting to build another business if their first one (or two) fail are more likely to succeed.