True or false quizzes seem easy until you’re on your tenth guess based solely on a gut feeling. Even though you have a 50-50 chance of getting the right answer, distinguishing fact from fiction can be ...

The F.D.A. said it was continuing to look into the supplier’s role in the outbreak as states reported stark increases in cases. By Alice Callahan and Caroline Hopkins Legaspi The Food and Drug ...

The Food and Drug Administration said Sunday that a Taylor Farms lettuce sample initially reported as positive for Cyclospora should be considered a false positive following an additional laboratory ...

Boolean expressions and Boolean logic are widely used in mathematics, computer science, computer programming, and philosophy. These take their name from the 19 th century mathematician and logician ...

The English language has been evolving for hundreds of years, which can make tracing the etymology of certain words a little bit tricky. Words come into use in a variety of ways—from being created by ...

There is so much going on in the news that it can be easy to overlook the fact that the president continues to tell a whole lot of lies. President Donald Trump delivered a dizzying variety of false ...

An introduction to the case featured in Trust Me: The False Prophet, exploring key background details surrounding Samuel Bateman and the events discussed. Florida 3-year-old dies after tragic incident ...

Bateman's rise was made possible by a leadership void. When FLDS leader Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison in 2011 for sexually assaulting two girls, his followers were left without ...

You have probably encountered the base rate fallacy, and it probably fooled you. Part mathematical paradox and part cognitive bias, this mental oversight has surprisingly forceful things to say about ...