Fantasies shouldn't be confused with wishes or behaviors. conrado/Shutterstock By Christian Joyal, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) Can we use unusual sexual fantasies to identify sexual…

There is a perception that 'the wealthy' are opposed to more taxes and income redistribution in America. But the wealthy already pay an alarming amount in taxes and 47% remain loyal to tax-cutting…

What will it take to convince skeptics of global warming that the phenomenon is real? Droughts, floods and heat waves will begin to change minds. But is attributing every weather event to climate…

Americans may recall the 'threat warning level' system that came into being after the terrorist attacks on the Wall Trade Center on September 9th, 2011. It was a color coded with 5 levels. But it…

Magic and sparkle? Diliff, CC BY By Isabelle Szmigin, University of Birmingham As well as the tell-tale signs of decorations going up, the rolling out of Christmas advertisements has become a key…

A study of 1,300 middle-aged men and 1,500 middle-aged women in Wisconsin found that being the boss increases depression among women but decreases it for men. "Women with job authority -- the ability…

Hundreds of ISIS militants are rumored to be disillusioned. Handout/Reuters By John Horgan, University of Massachusetts Lowell “Feet first”. That’s how one terrorist leader told recruits was the only…

Following a woman in high heels up out of the subway is like discovering America. Following a woman in flip-flops up out of the subway is like riding the subway. - Rich Brookhiser Women judge men by…

You can't catch attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) but you wouldn't know that by the way diagnoses are spreading - up 10X in some countries.  America went through this in the 1990s…

An epidemiology analysis finds that acculturative stress, which is a term created to highlight that immigrants straddling two different cultures have greater stress than natives, is the reason…