Should We Encourage Our Kids to Spend Their Teenage Years as Cyber Deviants?
Research finds that hacking and online theft among teenagers is widespread, but mostly harmless.
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Fan Fiction: The Next Great Literature?
At its best, fan fiction blurs the lines between reading and writing and consuming and creating, and makes pop culture speak to a greater range of experiences.
When Do Great Artists Hit Peak Creativity?
New research suggests it occurs just a bit before they hit the two-thirds mark of their lives.
In Praise of Pumpkin Pie, the Only Reason to Celebrate Thanksgiving
Some people are trying to eliminate pumpkin pie from your Thanksgiving. These people are not to be trusted.
Quick Study: Shop. Feel Bad. Shop More. Feel Better!
Embarrassed consumers tend to spend more money on "appearance-enhancing items," according to new research.
Are Kids Sports Pricing Themselves Out of the Market?
As organized sports get pushed further out of reach of many poorer kids, one former college hoops star wants to even the playing field.
Looking Back at Fashion’s Queer History
Paul Hiebert talks with the Valerie Steele, co-curator of A Queer History of Fashion, about the new exhibit.
Even Playing TV in the Background May Impede Kids’ Development
New research finds children have trouble learning some basic intellectual and emotional skills if the television is routinely kept on in the background.
A Hot Time in the Old Archaeological Dig Tonight
Ancient people of Mesoamerica apparently liked a hot drink in the morning, too. A spicy hot drink, that is.
Doing Gender With Wallets and Purses
What do you carry with you every day—both for yourself and for others? And what does it say about you?