Search

Across the country, non-white drivers are more likely to be stopped, and those stops are more likely to lead to frisks, searches, and tickets.

• By Lauren Kirchner

A new study finds merely looking things up on the Web increases our belief in our own knowledge—even with topics unrelated to our search.

• By Tom Jacobs

Recent research suggests that evaluating desperate Google queries may be the best way to identify infectious disease outbreaks before they happen.

• By Ryan Jacobs

What Google searches tell us about the seasonality of mental illness.

• By Kevin Charles Fleming