Real-life plot twists can be tricky. While some arrive as a welcome surprise, others unravel dark realities and expose long-buried secrets. What truly sets them apart from fiction, though, is their ...

Her debut, Whore, published in 2001, is a furious, stream-of-consciousness, autofictional rendering of Arcan’s experiences as ...

People who embrace rumors and myths may develop delusional perspectives about the world, their lives, and what causes good ...

As Trump gets mercilessly booed at the Knicks game and Fox spins wildly to erase it, a data analyst parses new polls showing Trump cratering—and explains why he’s entered a downward spiral.

The recent victory of Péter Magyar in Hungary suggests that Budapest’s pro-Russia policies are coming to an end. This closeness with Moscow has a long legacy that is ultimately related to how ...

There's a Mitch Hedberg joke about slipcovers. The punchline—roughly—is that people are called to “forget everything they ...

Source: Guy P. Harrison What happens when our minds attempt to reconcile logically opposing beliefs, values, or behaviors? How does a glaring internal inconsistency feel? It often causes an unpleasant ...

Tell Me Lies just reached its conclusion after three seasons, and no, I am very much not over it. Based on Carola Lovering’s novel of the same name, the Hulu series followed the twisty, toxic love ...

Is the lottery curse real? To find out, USA TODAY tracked more than 30 Powerball winners from the past decade. Here's what we ...

In late 2021, the media company Cut released a YouTube video in which a group of strangers interact in a “lineup” form, asking provocative questions based on their identities. One woman, the oldest in ...

The cerebellum contains most of the brain’s neurons and supports many functions, yet how it changes with age remains unclear. Here we used three brain imaging studies spanning 47,000 adults and ...

Psychology teaches us that everyday reactions often reveal deeper mental processes. The compliment itself is rarely the real ...