The Psychology of Santa Claus
It's weird, isn't it? Parents lie to their kids about a mysterious, bearded gift-giver, only to set them up for inevitable heartbreak. Except, it's not so simple.
Gender Equality Increases by 1 Percent in California
Despite some recent high-profile hirings, the gender balance in high-level business positions hasn't changed much.
Everyone (in Southern California) Is a Valley Girl
New research reveals that most college-age people in Southern California—regardless or sex or socioeconomic background—use uptalk.
The Secrets We Keep (Are Making Us Sick and Screwing With Our Brains)
Four ways keeping a secret is bad for you.
The ‘Officially Amazing’ People Who Try to Break Guinness World Records
What kind of person wants to become the world's fastest cucumber eater?
The Problem With More Than 50 States
With what seems a never-ending list of wanna-be states, why hasn't there been a successful secession since 1863?
One of Amazon’s Best-Selling Cameras Is a Fake
Despite dropping crime rates and research proving their ineffectiveness, dummy security cameras keep selling.
The Science of Jurassic Park
With Jurassic World set to hit theaters in the summer of 2015, we take a look at what the franchise got wrong, right, and vaguely correct.
The Most XTREME Energy-Drink Drinkers Are Young Moms
You wouldn't know it from the advertising, but young mothers are among the biggest consumers of carbonated pick-me-ups.