Matt Taibbi's The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap is a scorching, brilliant, incandescent indictment of the widening gap in how American justice treats the rich and the poor. Taibbi's spectacular financial reporting for Rolling Stone set him out as the best running commentator on the financial crisis and its crimes, and The Divide -- beautifully illustrated by Molly Crabapple -- shows that at full length, he's even better. Cory Doctorow reviews The Divide.

FOR most of the last century, our understanding of the cause of obesity has been based on immutable physical law. Specifically, it’s the first law of thermodynamics, which dictates that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. When it comes to body weight, this means that calorie intake minus calorie expenditure equals calories stored. Surrounded by tempting foods, we overeat, consuming more calories than we can burn off, and the excess is deposited as fat.

The Behavioral Change Stairway Model was developed by the FBI's hostage negotiation unit, and it shows the five steps to getting someone else to see your point of view and change what they're doing. It's not something that only works with barricaded criminals wielding assault rifles — it applies to most any form of disagreement.

Demographic transformations are dramas in slow motion. America is in the midst of two right now. Our population is becoming majority non-white at the same time a record share is going gray.

For years, economists have laboured on the riddle of happiness. If they studied misery instead, they might get somewhere

We would all like to believe that affairs are the refuge of the discontented, that only people in unhappy marriages cheat.But “happy,” it turns out, is not a sufficient antidote to affair.

Times have changed. And yes teacher, I will have a calculator on me at all times.

10 Sentences That Can Change Your Perspective On Life

This may sound a little melodramatic, but no matter how happy you are, at my age, your regrets are countless.

No one will ever match his talent as the “gatekeeper of scientific credibility”. We live in Carl Sagan’s universe–awesomely vast, deeply humbling. It’s a universe that, as Sagan reminded us again and again, isn’t about us. We’re a granular element. Our presence may even be ephemeral—a flash of luminescence in a great dark ocean.

"You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy, so they will understand that your energy has not died." One Of the Best pieces of writing I have ever read.

People who tell you you’re awesome are useless. No, dangerous.

Body temperature locations based off human emotions.

The best design podcast around—and one of the best podcasts, period—is Roman Mars’ 99% Invisible. On it he covers design questions large and small, from his fascination with rebar to the history of slot machines to the great Los Angeles Red Car conspiracy. Here at The Eye, we cross-post his new episodes and host excerpts from the 99% Invisible blog, which offers complementary visuals for each episode.

Archaeologists from Israel’s top university have used radiocarbon dating to pinpoint the arrival of domestic camels in the Middle East -- and they say the science directly contradicts the Bible’s version of events.

This is one of those comics strips that leaves an impact on your life after being read. Have patience for it will surprise you with its wonderful insights.

I've tried therapy, drugs, and booze. Here’s how I came to terms with the nation's most common mental illness.

There are articles that have philosophy equivalent to a novel. This article written by Andy weir is one of those legendary articles. It gives you a new perspective to life as a whole.

“If everything worked out perfectly in your life, what would you be doing in ten years?” Such a question opens us up to fresh possibilities, to reflect on what matters most to us, and even what deep values might guide us through life. This approach gives managers a tool for coaching their teams to get better results.