Why You’re Voting That Way
CLICK IMAGE FOR PDF(Designed by Column Five) As the election campaign heats up and attitudes harden, it’s worth…
Tango Your Way to Mental Health
New Australian research suggests people suffering from stress or depression can greatly benefit from tango lessons.
Katniss Everdeen: Heroine. Warrior. Math Tutor.
The best-selling novel and top-grossing film The Hunger Games has been called an exciting thriller, a metaphor for…
Red ‘Facts,’ Blue ‘Facts’: The Psychology of Truthiness
New research finds our moral convictions strongly influence what facts we choose to believe regarding a given issue.
My Kingdom for a Hearse?
Richard III begins the Shakespeare play that bears his name by declaring, “Now is the winter of our…
The Gibbon of the Opera
An ability long considered uniquely human—manipulating our vocal mechanism to make loud, beautiful sounds—turns out to have been mastered long ago by apes.
The Benefits of Bonding with Batman
Men who develop an emotional connection with a superhero apparently assume the character’s self-confident body image.
Study: Five Percent of Rapes Result in Pregnancy
This just in: Rape can, and sometimes does, lead to pregnancy. One would think that goes without saying,…
Memory Gone, the Melodies Linger On
Can’t get that tune out of your head, even though you have no recollection of its name? Scientists…
A Woman’s Place is On the Page
New research traces the dramatic rise in feminine pronouns in books over the past century.