Don't be fooled by a graph. New research shows that a scientist's policy preferences can influence their results. Look past the model and find the ground truth.

Quick Take One study found that rats emitted ultrasonic vocalizations when they were subjected to manual somatosensory ...

Your personality aligns with an ancient story pattern — this short quiz reveals which one is shaping your life today.

In the first study, the team used data from the TIME Magazine Harry Potter quiz. Nearly 800,000 people had taken the quiz ...

Astrology often predicts the personality traits, relationships, and even the emotional side of people. Just like that, zodiac traits can also offer useful insights into a person's professional ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Tom has a master’s degree in ...

The APS Early Career Scholar Travel Award is made possible by a generous gift from Dr. Robert A. Baron in memory of Dr. Donn Byrne.

Research shows three traits best predict financial success. (And achievement in general.) Even though we all define “success” ...

U.S. Olympians Erin Jackson and Alysa Liu demonstrate how different personality traits and cognitive styles can lead to elite athletic success.

According to experts from the University of Oxfordand the BerlinUniversity Alliance, every chatbot user has a unique ...

That's why I created the Past Life Personality Test — a science-inspired assessment that maps your personality traits to ...

The Columbia University researchers achieved the feat by allowing their robot, EMO, to study itself in a mirror. It learned ...