What happens in our brains as we try to distinguish between truth and falsehood

The Wisconsin governor’s presidential campaign is in free fall—a development that puzzles the state he has dominated.

Shielding students from discrimination matters. So does preserving academic freedom.

And that’s great news.

In the pilot episode of NBC's West Wing, White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry calls the editor of the New York Times crossword puzzle to correct the spelling of Qaddafi's name. Unfortunately, the Times hangs up on him before McGarry reveals his correct version.

MIT will soon offer a free, two-year online course sequence. (Then you pay to take a test.)

I finally found a place where the Venn diagram of our interests overlapped.