Behavior

In The Genius of Women, journalist Janice Kaplan celebrates stories of pure brilliance that most people have never heard

Movies alone don’t cause people to misuse firearms—but if they even just contribute, the film industry should take responsibility

A new study finds algorithms’ predictions are slightly superior but not under all circumstances

The beans that power the kingdom’s coffeehouses, which are hotbeds of talk about social change, are threatened by diminishing water supplies

Batting down conspiracy theories about disease outbreaks such as that of the new coronavirus may prove counterproductive to public health efforts

Some psychological disorders fly under the radar, but they’re no less real for the people who suffer from them

Science can explain the phenomenon—but that doesn’t keep it from creating a sense of reverence and awe

Matchmaking based on “DNA compatibility” may sound intriguing, but the underlying science is hardly convincing

Computational and behavioral scientist Sendhil Mullainathan describes how to avoid a common fault in reasoning

If you think educating them on ways to spot suspicious e-mails is the answer, think again

We laugh even before we can speak. But why? Science has some answers to the mystery of human laughter, and some of them might surprise you

A new study shows that demand, not just hospital profits, has boosted the use of robotic surgery