“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” – Mark Twain Mark Twain’s quotes are timeless – his keen observations apply today just as ...

New research on chimpanzees is forcing scientists to rethink where the line between human and animal minds really lies. In ...

Leadership is often associated with making tough decisions, and leaders are frequently judged by the decisions they make and their impacts. However, how these decisions are made can have a significant ...

A small team of researchers at the University of Neuchatel's Institute of Biology in Switzerland has found that captive orangutans and gorillas can make economically rational decisions. Nobel Prize ...

Here is a four-step process to work with and through ambiguity to make careful, reasoned decisions. Editor's note: This story is available via the Harvard Business Review. It and other HBR stories are ...

People accidentally swallow eight spiders every year in their sleep. Although debunked numerous times, this myth remains the most widely circulated "fact" of the 21st century, according to the ...

Loïc Berger receives funding from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) under the project INDUCED (ANR-17-CE03-0008-01). Loïc Berger is associate researcher at the European Institute on Economics ...

Sex is risky. It can lead to emotional pain, privacy concerns, unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and even cancer. Many young adults engage in risky sexual behaviors, ...

Commentator Tania Lombrozo considers a controversial new paper which argues that decisions about whether to have a child of your own are rarely... Debates about whether it's rational to have children ...