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Telling small lies desensitizes our brains to the associated negative emotions and may encourage us to tell bigger lies in future, reveals new research. Researchers have shown that self-serving lies gradually escalate, and they have revealed how this...

IF YOU’RE LOOKING for a symbol of multicultural Paris, Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud is a good place to start. Beginning just east of the Marais, the picturesque heart of the right bank, the street cuts through the 11th arrondissement, climbing steadily toward...

ASHLAND CITY, TENN. — In December 2014, Donnie Gene Rippy fell off a roof while shooing away ducks, breaking his back and too many bones to count. He underwent four surgeries to fix his shoulder, wrists and vocal cords. Rippy, a brick mason, had the...

Making good financial decisions becomes even more difficult when you’re poor. Here’s what behavioral economists are doing to make such decisions easier. Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Editor’s Note: Last month, behavioral economist Dan Ariely and...

Delores Leonard helps her daughter Erin with her homework at the breakfast table before heading to work at a McDonald’s Restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, September 25, 2014. Leonard, a single mother raising two daughters, has been working at McDonald...