While we tend to view ourselves and others around us in terms of predictably consistent personality types, time and time again behavioral science demonstrates that how we think and what we do varies dramatically by simple situational considerations like where we are.

Everyone knows that you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but um, we kind of do it all the time. In fact, half the fun of that anachroni...

We all know adults can be evil, but in the modern era we are still under the impression that children are born good. Which is why it scares the bejesu...

Everyone had a favorite book as a kid – you know, that tattered old thing you carried from room to room and made you parents read out loud to you ov...

"Lolita," for instance, is now "Likable Rapists." It makes you think that perhaps these new titles are what censors out there really see.

Missed out on book reviews this weekend? We'll fill you in! "Savages," Don Winslow The New York Times It's clear that "Savages" has no dearth ...

Inspired by an article by John Carey on how the manuscript of The Lord of the Flies was rejected by countless publishers,