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It's not quite Minority Report, but the L.A. Times reports that the LAPD is working with UCLA mathematicians to pursue a sophisticated form of predictive policing.

New research finds that the cleaner you feel, the more judgmental you're apt to be.

In a nifty piece of forensic analysis, two researchers claim to have figured out how to tell when executives are lying. David Larcker and Anastasia Zakolyukina analyzed 30,000 conference calls between 2003 and 2007 to see if certain "tells" during the ...

My son is renting a car in December. He'll drive it for two days in Orlando, then he'll drive to South Florida for an eight-day stay. With the drop-off charge, the price is $900. But if he drops the car off in South Florida when he arrives and rents ...

About a month ago, Lincoln announced that it will be introducing a new hybrid electric version of the MKZ model with a price tag of $35,180. On its own this is nothing earthshattering, as many automakers have joined, or will soon join, Honda and Toyota...

The academic psychologist Joseph Henrich brought the Ultimatum game to the Amazon jungle, and found that the Maschiguenga people of southeastern Peru make decisions like economists.

The Japan Sumo Association is handing out free iPads to training stables to encourage the use of email. The hope is that the devices will speed up communication between wrestlers, coaches and the association and create a "paper trail" for future scanda...

Slate takes a look at India's half-billion-dollar-a-year reproductive-tourism industry. "The primary appeal of India is that it is cheap, hardly regulated, and relatively safe," writes Amana Fontanella-Khan. "Surrogacy can cost up to $100,000 in the Un...

Until 1985, the word "biodiversity" didn't exist. Today, it's fundamental to the grammar of environmentalism. Lamentations about "declining biodiversity," the "threat to biodiversity," or the "the biodiversity crisis" comprise the lingua franca of ecol...

A new study argues that the moisture levels and landscapes of cities influence hurricane movements. Professor Johnny Chan's research team claims that "cities impose greater friction on the swirling flow because of the tall buildings . . . tropical cyc...

There are innumerable great examples of goods in related markets. And of complements and substitutes. (One of my favorites is the local store that sold rock music and condoms, clearly complements.) It's harder to cook up neat examples of goods marke...

Southern Sudan recently unveiled plans to remake its ten state capitals, with an interesting twist: "The $10.1 billion plan proposes remaking cities in Sudan's south into shapes found on regional flags. Blueprints and maps illustrate Juba in the shape...