Sharon Begley

The right doctors can make all the difference when it comes to treating cancer. So why don't we know who they are?

If you're black and want to lead a Fortune 500 company, look cuddly.

But doctors use them anyway. The case for evidence-based medicine.

Why do psychologists reject science?

Who'll be tapped for a trip to Stockholm this year?

The path to Copenhagen looks rockier than ever.

Was a 'fraud' really a discovery?

Adopting treatment guidelines based on studies of what actually works is downright un-American.

Early exposure to common chemicals may be programming kids to be fat.

How emotions shape our economic decisions.

Claims of sex differences fall apart.

We already have it, so let's do it intelligently.

To the credit of opponents of health-care reform, the lies and exaggerations they're spreading are not made up out of whole cloth—which makes the misinformation that much more credible.

Though others started global warming.

The same skewed thinking that supports a Saddam-9/11 link explains the power of health-care myths.

There's new evidence that primates can read human emotions.

New treatments may help schizophrenics.

The truth about Obamacare.

Religious beliefs may not be innate.

More programs are offering admission to med school and undergrad at the same time. How one Alabama university sweetens the pot.

A fascinating new video shows the birds using a variety of tools to get their supper.

Handedness shapes our judgments of good and bad, smart and stupid, happy and sad.

The hotter a field, the more likely its findings are in error.

Why it's even worse than we feared.

Whether you respond to sugar pills may depend on your DNA.

OK, not really. But without a villian to rouse our passions, it's hard for America to get invested.

One surprising new treatment calls the conventional wisdom into question.

If you survived high school, or hope to, you probably made your peace with the fact that life is unfair: looks can compensate for a lack of brains and conscientiousness.

Language may shape our thoughts.

Meet the Cochrane Collaboration, a group of scientists who are verifying the latest research in their spare time.