Have you ever been listening to a great piece of music and felt a chill run up your spine? The science behind "skin orgasms," or frisson.

Reading Charlotte’s Web is the first time many bookworms feel real sadness for pretend characters.

With warnings that a shortage of the vaccine against the virus could spur on a new epidemic, yellow fever is again in the scientific spotlight.

The legal profession is in crisis, with more new lawyers than demand, and law schools are scaling back. Is law school still a safe bet?

Our Friday Reads are these five new books out this week, and links to related content you won’t find anywhere else. 

Nikola Tesla, the audacious futurist and groundbreaking inventor, once claimed to have invented a death ray that would end all war.

Olympic host cities have historically cleared away and marginalized their homeless in advance of the games.

Gun legislation is once again becoming a public health concern, according to the AMA and other medical groups.

Where do the terms hawks and doves come from? The symbolic connections are ancient, but the War of 1812 put them in the political lexicon.

Soda water is a popular beverage now, but it was once considered a cure, among other things.