We look harder for flaws in a study when we don't agree with its conclusions.
Arguing, after all, is less about seeking truth than about overcoming opposing views.
With modern parts atop old ones, the brain is like an iPod built around an eight-track cassette player.
The mind can store an estimated ioo trillion bits of information compared with which a computer's mere billions are virtually amnesiac.
Weather Panic! This is the New Normal (and We're Hopelessly Unprepared)
A single decision by the chairman of Royal Dutch/Shell has a greater impact on the health of the planet than all the coffee-ground-composting, organic-cotton-wearing ecofreaks gathering in Washington D.C., for Earth Day festivities this weekend.