Benedict Carey New York Times

The announcement is no small personnel matter for the behavioural sciences.

His talk was going just fine until some members of the audience became noticeably restless. A ripple of impatience passed through the several dozen seated listeners, and a few seemed suddenly annoyed; then two men started to talk to each...

Cornell University researchers have turned to the microblogging site, Twitter, to study moods and has found a pretty consistent pattern.

The nicotine gum and patches that millions of smokers use to help kick their habit have no lasting benefit and may backfire in some cases, according to the most rigorous long-term study to date of so-called nicotine replacement therapy.

His talk was going just fine until some members of the audience became noticeably restless. A ripple of impatience passed through the several dozen seated listeners, and a few seemed suddenly annoyed; then two men started to talk to each other, ignoring him altogether."When I saw that, I slowed down and then stopped what I was saying," said the spe...

Before being sentenced to two concurrent life sentences on Thursday, the Canadian military commander unmasked as a serial sexual predator and killer admitted in a halting voice and on the brink of tears that he had "committed despicable crimes."The commander, Col. David Russell Williams, 47, was sentenced to two additional 10-year terms for sexual ...

The ordinary miners are long gone, left behind in another lifetime. The 33 men who are expected to emerge from Chile's San José Mine after more than two months trapped underground are now icons, national heroes, global media stars. And that mixed status -- celebrities as well as survivors, equal parts victors and victims -- will alter the usu...

The announcement is no small personnel matter for the behavioural sciences.

His talk was going just fine until some members of the audience became noticeably restless. A ripple of impatience passed through the several dozen seated listeners, and a few seemed suddenly annoyed; then two men started to talk to each...

Cornell University researchers have turned to the microblogging site, Twitter, to study moods and has found a pretty consistent pattern.

The nicotine gum and patches that millions of smokers use to help kick their habit have no lasting benefit and may backfire in some cases, according to the most rigorous long-term study to date of so-called nicotine replacement therapy.

His talk was going just fine until some members of the audience became noticeably restless. A ripple of impatience passed through the several dozen seated listeners, and a few seemed suddenly annoyed; then two men started to talk to each other, ignoring him altogether."When I saw that, I slowed down and then stopped what I was saying," said the spe...

Before being sentenced to two concurrent life sentences on Thursday, the Canadian military commander unmasked as a serial sexual predator and killer admitted in a halting voice and on the brink of tears that he had "committed despicable crimes."The commander, Col. David Russell Williams, 47, was sentenced to two additional 10-year terms for sexual ...

The ordinary miners are long gone, left behind in another lifetime. The 33 men who are expected to emerge from Chile's San José Mine after more than two months trapped underground are now icons, national heroes, global media stars. And that mixed status -- celebrities as well as survivors, equal parts victors and victims -- will alter the usu...