As a society, we've come so far: Men can use stripping as a path to stardom, and women can assuage their mid-life crises by dating pretty young things. Sadly, though, one cornerstone of the patriarchy remains: If a wife earns more than her husband, he'll probably find that, well, a major boner-killer. It's a problem…

The people you barely know—your dry cleaner, for example, or the guy you regularly see sweating next to you on the treadmill at the gym—are "consequential strangers," and they're actually important to your mental well-being, say the authors of a new book. According to Melinda Blau, co-author of Consequential…

It's a popular sentiment at the moment: This recession is not only temporarily affecting our ability to spend, it's actually changing society's value system, so that we're genuinely less bothered about acquiring a new Prada purse and more interested in strolling hand-in-hand in the park. Sounds lovely, doesn't it? A…

For many people, the silver lining of getting laid off would be the freedom from getting up early, putting on a suit, and sitting on a crowded subway for half an hour at 8am every morning. Some strange individuals, however, continue with this whole routine even when they don't have an office to go to. Even stranger,…

Further evidence, like we needed it, that our civilization is on an inexorable downward slide: The most intelligent among us are apparently less likely to have lots of children than the personalities known as "Type A"—those bossy, overbearing, ambitious types who push everyone out of their way. While there used to…

Forget trying to actually understand what's going on with the economy, advises Cornell psychiatrist Richard Friedman—explanations from politicians and economists are only making us all freak out more! What the panicked populace needs is mass psychotherapy from government-mandated mental health professionals, who…

As disturbing as it is to think that any movie starring Jim Carrey was a glimpse into the future, a simple blood-pressure drug appears to have the power to erase bad memories, according to a new study. By targeting the neurons in the brain involved with recollection, the beta-blocker propranolol has been found to…

It's the new year, otherwise known as the peak money-making time for anyone who purports to help people rid themselves of their holiday-acquired chub. As you know all too well, starvation regimens, exercise routines, juice fasts/cleanses, and full-body liposuction all involve an annoying degree of effort, money, or…

Did you make a bunch of New Year's resolutions? Feeling positive and optimistic about the wonderful life changes you're going to implement? That's sweet, says the Times, but you're totally kidding yourself and you'll likely fail by February—80 percent of Americans do! "It's exceptionally hard to make life changes,"…

During these hard times, when everything is in flux and no one seems to know what's next, it's nice to know we can rely on the media to take a measured, responsible approach to reporting on the economic crisis. Oh, haven't you heard? Our diminished spending capacity is causing society to dissolve into a maelstrom of…

It's nearly the new year and we all know what that means: A list of resolutions like losing ten pounds, learning Italian, and drinking fewer vodka martinis will be decided upon with enthusiasm, put off a few times, and abandoned altogether by February 1st, at which point you'll loathe yourself a little more than…

As if spending 50 hours a week in a soulless, cubicle-divided, fluorescent-lit room with a bunch of people you can't stand wasn't bad enough, psychologists are now analyzing your relationships with your co-workers based on—seriously—your birth order and family experiences. According to New York…