A recent study from Penn State has put together a definitive profile of the average American female serial killer, combing through the 64 "FSKs" who committed their crimes in the US between 1821 and 2008.

Are you ready to win an argument every time? Whether you're debating world peace, civil rights issues or who should have taken out the garbage on Monday night because it was their turn and no one should have to remind them because we are adults, Mark, and we do not live like animals, there's now a better way to argue.…

Pixar brass have broken their silence (or, you know, just started talking now because they weren't entirely sure before) about the plot of the studio's forthcoming animated feature, due in theaters next summer. Inside Out will take place entirely inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl, and it will tell the story of a…

People! We love being entertained and, furthermore, we love being entertained by sad-as-fuck movies. But is there a reason why we're so attracted to stories that make us cry our eyes out? You know, besides a basic blood lust and affection for our fellow humans' suffering?

A recent study in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science examines the motivations that women have for buying into paternalistic garbage stereotypes about women. Specifically, researchers at the University of Auckland have elucidated a connection between a feeling of entitlement in women and…

Scientists at Cambridge University have found that girls with anorexia possess traits that echo characteristics of autism; their findings may helpfully impact the way we discuss, diagnose, and treat the disorder.

Geoffrey Miller, an evolutionary psychologist from University of New Mexico, lecturer at NYU, and the academic giant behind "The smartphone psychology manifesto", apparently believes in a strict NO FAT CHICKS (or dudes) policy when it comes to PhD applicants in the psychology department. Why is that? I'm surprised you…

The lady in red is dancing with you, cheek to cheek*, but only because she wants you (or anyone) to put a baby in her.

Openly gay people are less stressed than closeted homosexuals and usually more relaxed than straight people, according to a new study which finds that being out and proud makes a person extremely chill.

Some exciting new research has recently hit the scene suggesting that some human beings might be in possession of a special gene that makes them more sensitive than others. No, this does not mean that Jennifer Aniston was right when she said that Brad Pitt was missing a "sensitivity chip." It has nothing to do with…

Imagine if "instant corrections" popped up every time you read something that wasn't true on the internet. Life-changing, right?!? No way. According to a recent study, stubborn fools who are already inclined to believe that vaccines cause autism/Obama wasn't born in the U.S./the apocalypse is nigh will go on believing…

How does a human being make it through high school unscathed? Short answer: You can't. Everyone is scathed. High school is a crazy emotional Thunderdome where daffy bureaucrats put hundreds of hormonal monsters in a big jar and shake it until they joust to death. Emotionally. It's scary and fun and confusing and…

Remember the Seinfeld episode where Jerry's penis has an argument with his brain and loses? It's a classic: we've all been torn between love/lust and logic. (If you haven't, check for a belly button because you may not be of this world.) This brilliant bit of comedy is totally relatable but a little misleading in one…