The more strongly people oppose genetically modified food, the more knowledgeable they think they are on the topic. A test on the subject says otherwise.

When bad things happen to good people, we help a little. When the opposite happens, however, we're more willing to let karma set things right.

People who grow up in areas without banks or financial institutions face long-term consequences for their financial literacy and credit.

The late Stephen Hawking famously didn't believe in God. Neither does Richard Dawkins. A new study investigates if that's typical for UK scientists.

Older adults are significantly more likely than younger people to believe their own lies are the truth, potentially because of how lies connect to memory.

A new computational model distills the traits that drive entrepreneurs to get into—and out of—the world of startup business.

Changing the way people interpret their personal problems could help them make sense of things and help society as a whole, too.

User perceptions about the political views of sellers on EBay shape their purchasing preferences.