In criminal interrogation, interrogators often ask questions and interpret the responses in such a way as to confirm guilt.

Walking as an art has a deep history. By guiding participants, or their own bodies, on walks, artists encourage us to see the extraordinary in the mundane.

Platypuses. They’re weird. In fact, platypuses are so unusual that it took taxonomists more than eighty years just to decide what they are.

The debate over the Second Amendment is not just about guns—it's also about grammar.

The loss and recovery of a poetic genre shows how the canon of literary history treats women writers the moment they start to gain attention and approval.

The Enlightenment brought the idea that punishments should be certain and mild, rather than harsh with lots of pardons and exceptions.

We have to become smarter news and advertising consumers, and learn to resist the unceasing stream of slanted messages that come our way.

People who like dining out have 40 to 55 percent higher phthalate levels than those who eat at home.

The best of the web this week: National Geographic on a fluid-filled mesh layer beneath our skin, Wired on gene-edited food, and more.

The Romans certainly have a reputation for using poisons, but what do we really know about this form of assassination in the classical era?