Trolls are the self-styled pranksters of the internet, a subculture of wind-up merchants who will say anything they can to provoke unwary victims, then delight in the outrage that follows... By Richard Seymour.

How Great Man theory allows us to abdicate collective responsibility. By Megan Carpentier.

Uncovering the dating habits of conspiracy theorists and the challenges they face. By Sabine Heinlein.

What does it mean to have an emotion? It seems obvious that having one means feeling it. If you’re happy but don’t know it, in what sense could you actually be happy? By Jim Davies.

Stefan Molyneux’s podcast empire, Freedomain Radio, has been called a cult. If it’s not, why are listeners suddenly rejecting their families? By Linda Besner. (Oct. 6, 2016)

Research shows that changing the name could help reduce the stigma of mental illness. By Nathaniel P. Morris.

These nighttime terrors have been shown to increase the risk of suicidal behavior independently of other risk factors. By Michelle Carr.

The endlessly fabulized American self. Jonathon Sturgeon on Jonathan Franzen, Quentin Anderson, Jonathan Safran Foer, and the antisocial novel.

I could feel it before I got there. Several miles out and the dark vibes curled through the air like a toxic vapor. Serpentine streams of people twisted through the hills, uncertain of exactly where they were going. There were no maps. No trails. No signs. Nothing pointing toward our destination: Altamont." By Marc Campbell.

Witch hunts and panic among communities are nothing new, but what happens when cyberspace intensifies the frenzy? By Amelia Tait.

Humans have been collecting records of dreams for years. But what do these archives of our nightly visions tell us about the human mind? And can modern technology help to unravel them? By Chris Baraniuk.

On Sex and the Novel. By Claire Jarvis.

Why Smart People Feel Stupid, Money Buys Happiness, and You Will Never Feel Truly Satisfied. By Ben Kuebrich.

Finally, an explanation for Bitchy Resting Face Nation. By Olga Khazan. (May 27, ’16)

An unorthodox anthropologist [Scott Atran] goes face to face with the enemy. By Tom Bartlett. (May 20, ’16)

The latest data-driven campaign pitches target you based on your personality, not just your demographics. But does such profiling work? By David Talbot.

Brazilian politics is a blood sport in the best of times, but the battle over whether to impeach President Dilma Rousseff is inflaming passions as never before. By Andrew Jacobs.

Forty years ago, the world's most famous terrorist hanged herself in her prison cell. What does Ulrike Meinhof's legacy reveal about perceptions of radical women? By Sean Williams.

What a failed doomsday prophecy taught psychologists about the nature of belief. By Julie Beck. (Dec. 18)

Arkady Bronnikov collected more than 20,000 tattoos from male and female prisoners. By Olga Gertcyk and Vera Salnitskaya.