Lies and distortions don’t just afflict the ignorant. The more you know, the more vulnerable you can be to infection

About 97% of the most-bullied boys and 73% of the most-bullied girls have violent fantasies, according to a new study of 1,465 young people.

Types of challenging behaviour

One of nature's most prolific cannibals could be hiding in your pantry, and biologists have used it to show how social structure affects the evolution of selfish behavior.

The anger feels so good, but it’s insidious

A new study finds that on average, participants wished their conversations had been 1.9 minutes (or 24%) longer than they were.

Many Westerners take morning showers, toilet tissue and sitting toilets for granted. But in much of the rest of the world, these habits are rather strange – and may be less hygienic.

Don’t try to change someone else’s mind. Instead, help them find their own motivation to change.

How often do you clear out old photos on your phone or tidy up your email inbox? You just may be a digital hoarder, and researchers from Northumbria University have identified four distinct types.

The pandemic has helped expose an urgent problem—the widespread lack of public washrooms. Rose Hendrie on where we can and cannot go.

The survey found that the average American now spends 3 months per year on their phone, or about 4-6 hours per day, or 6-8 hours for teens.

Despite more of the population staying at home as government policies on COVID-19 become stricter, a study has found that a person’s personality influences how

Playing hard to get and attachment styles are investigated in a new study.

The way we decide may even give insight into delusional thinking

About 10 per cent of Australians are left-handed and genetic analysis of more than 1.7 million people has brought scientists a step closer to understanding why.

If you work for Bank of America, or the US Army, you might have used technology developed by Humanyze. The company grew out of research at MIT’s cross-disciplinary Media Lab and describes its products as “science-backed analytics to drive adaptability.” If that sounds vague, it might be deliberate.

A new study attempts to pin down what makes a person seem "creepy."

People with higher levels of social anxiety tend to have a harder time shifting their attention away from an angry-looking face towards a happy-looking ...

Some people say memes of white women confronting Black people provide a handle on behaviors born of entitlement and privilege, while others point to misogyny...

In new studies, many people "reported that morally good beliefs require less evidence to be justified, and that, in some circumstances, a morally good belief can be justified even in the absence of sufficient evidence."