Being connected to the Web gives each individual access to the sum of human knowledge, but our eagerness to rely on information networks is sapping us of the need to remember things. 

The latest US Jobs report diffuses concerns about America heading back in a recession. 

The U.S. Constitution protects a person’s right to freedom of speech everywhere except the workplace.

The US remains the world’s leading destination for FDI, accounting for 15 percent of global flows. China accounts for two percent of that flow and wants to invest more, but it raises national security and economic concerns.

Contrary to the positive thinking industry, psychologists say that too much rosy-colored thinking can backfire, making us blind to potential problems and more vulnerable to failure. 

Researchers have discovered that bilingual parents' tendency to switch between languages can influence the emotional development of their children. The implications may extend to marriage. 

Psychologists have observed that silver medalists tend to be less content with their achievements than do bronze medalists, who are happy just to make it to the podium.

A team of British computer scientists is working to create the best computer simulation of the human brain yet. When finished, the machine will model the behavior of one billion neurons. 

An award from the John Templeton Foundation will seek to answer important scientific questions about immortality, such as how experiences of the afterlife vary across cultures.

A genome passed down to a child by the mother may contribute to a longer life span in women versus their male counterparts. 

Data from a 32 year study conducted in New Zealand examined the social academic and relationship development of participants from childhood to adulthood.

Teen pregnancy has gone down 40 percent since 1990. Researchers believe free access to IUDs will help to lower the percentage even more.

Doctors say that mild cases of depression and anxiety should be taken just as serious as the more severe cases of depression and anxiety.

New discovery in the HIV protein within its early stages of infection give doctors hope in finding an effective vaccine to ward off the virus.

There was a time when violence and hierarchy determined who was sleeping with who, but that was before women collectively decided that security was preferable to fertility. 

As urban populations continue to grow, we increasingly lead our anonymous lives in public. That results in people employing some interesting strategies to avoid interacting with strangers. 

The passing of America's man of letters, quintessential as he was combative, has left the nation morally emptier. He once recommended Americans read two books above all others. 

First lady Michele Obama has written a new gardening book. Called "American Grown," the book extols the virtues of sustainable local agriculture, school gardens and childhood nutrition.

If you want to adopt a new lifestyle that pays big returns, work less. Our idea that dogged labor produces the best results is relatively new and at odds with our knowledge of human performance.

Women want to have the career, husband and the kids, but to have it all is very difficult—and it isn't because women are incapable of doing it all.