We all know the government uses taxes to pay for things. But what about using taxes to control behavior? This week on Summer School, Professor Darrick Hamilton of The New School, helps us explore ...

This summer's billionaire weddings have shown that quiet luxury is out, and conspicuous consumption — spending as a means of displaying status — is in.

Katie Couric slams Lauren Sanchez's viral Dolce & Gabbana wedding dress, sparking debate on its style. See why her comment has fans buzzing.

Call me a lace-curtain-twitching killjoy, but I worry that this kind of conspicuous consumption teaches kids that it's OK to throw money away in order to spend an hour in traffic, waving out the ...

Wildfire-induced deterioration of air quality leads to increase in indoor activities, fostering conditions conducive to airborne transmission.

Beatriz Arregui-García, from Instituto de Fisica Interdisciplinary Sistemas Complejos in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, and colleagues examined how wildfire-induced changes in human behavior during ...

DEAR JOAN: Our 8-year-old male Australian shepherd, Bodie, has started a new behavior. We have a privacy screen and child’s gate to keep him and his big brother, a border collie, in the living ...

Thousands of men who use violence are referred every year to men's behavior change programs. Sometimes this attendance is ordered by a court, other times it is voluntary. The hope is this will ...

Cocaine, a drug of abuse, activates just a portion - 10 to 20 percent - of the neurons in the brain's nucleus accumbens, a critical region linked to motivation and addiction.

To Reduce Human and Grizzly Bear Conflicts, Both Species Must Change Their Behavior Rural Alaskan and Canadian communities are trying to get along with the large mammals ...

Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy and Milly Alcock work in harmony to give Netflix's cult dramedy 'Sirens' its hypnotic hold.