In 1960, 94% of doctors and lawyers were white men. In 2010, just 60%. Here's why researchers attribute major economic growth to that shift.

US households waste about a third of the food they acquire, report economists. That means land, labor, and other resources are going to waste, as well.

Americans who more often cook at home are more likely to have healthy diets, but the benefits aren't the same for people at lower income levels.

Teenagers' sense of their own family's socioeconomic status is associated with their health and well-being, even if those perceptions aren't factual.

A market-based system with the right incentives could bring more coastal and island nations together to improve ocean conservation efforts.

Charity appeals that focus on donor emotions work better than that focus on the desire to help, research finds.

When climate change is in the news or a focus of Congress, oil companies spend more money on advertising, new research shows.

Researchers have created a website to call out the "dark patterns" internet-based retailers are using to get people shopping online to spend more.

"Financial infidelity has the potential to be as harmful for relationship health and longevity as sexual infidelity..."

Why do rural patients pay higher health care premiums? New research finds it's not primarily an issue of having too few doctors.