Cheating Week

This is why you cheat on an exam you really don't need to cheat on.

• By Rick Paulas

As the Argentinean government tries to limit the number of American dollars in circulation, a black market has taken the place of the official exchange.

• By Patrick Redford

Why does infidelity figure so prominently in TV's latest golden age?

• By Kevin Lincoln

Until more is done to integrate bikes with auto traffic, Jake Blumgart will do whatever keeps him safe.

• By Jake Blumgart

In Chicago, high school students went searching for an imaginary girl's father. After a while, they started looking for the real one.

• By Kim O'Connor

If there's one thing that knits together the history of baseball, it's cheating.

• By Tomas Rios

Is it a kind of cheating to give someone a pre-made greeting card?

• By Paul Hiebert

Well, for starters, it's actually pretty easy to.

• By Michael White

New research on the why and when of truckers abusing drugs.

• By Lauren Kirchner

If "cheat days" are built into diets, is it really cheating? It's time to ditch the term and all its dubious implications.

• By Katie Heaney

It's the enemy of both good sleep and productive wakefulness.

• By Casey N. Cep

New research confirms men with relatively wide faces are more likely to cheat. Excess testosterone is a likely culprit.

• By Tom Jacobs

Athletes and fans look at sports differently. Ryan O'Hanlon, who is not a professional athlete, and Clint Irwin, who is a professional athlete, wonder if the two sides can ever be separated.

• By Clint Irwin and Ryan O'Hanlon

There are countless ways to game the airline miles system, but does that mean you should take advantage?

• By Aaron Gordon

Mike Dang called a hotline that helps people quit smoking. The only issue: he'd never started.

• By Mike Dang

That thing where you're a relatively high-level professional who can't help but think you don't deserve to be where you are? It's called impostor syndrome.

• By Ann Friedman

When a standardized test plays such a big role in determining who gets into what college, it's hard to tell who's being cheated.

• By Barry Petchesky

For all the meanings it can have today, cheat evolved from a very specific, multisyllabic word that's only vaguely connected to the one we use now.

• By Jen Doll

New research from Canada points to certain personal characteristics associated with a greater likelihood of lying, such as being a business major.

• By Tom Jacobs

Never cheated before? Then this probably isn't your bag—and you're probably not human—but for everyone else, we'll be publishing stories about bending, breaking, and totally ignoring the rules all week long.

• By Ryan O'Hanlon