Most of what we believe about psychology feels right, even when it’s wrong. This test measures how well you distinguish psychological facts from fiction.

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. Reading it now, Paine’s words are a kind of portal back to the ...

While Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence turned the smoldering embers of rebellion into the glorious fireworks of independence and revolution, it was a short pamphlet published six months ...

Two hundred-and-fifty years ago, on Jan. 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published words that changed the course of history: “We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” Characterized by Paine as ...

"We have it in our power to begin the world anew." Words written by Thomas Paine in Philadelphia 250 years ago in his pamphlet titled "Common Sense." In fewer than 50 pages, historians say that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. IQ tests promise a clean number, but intelligence has never worked that way. Real cognitive ability shows up in how people reason ...

Thomas Paine published “Common Sense” in 1776 as an argument for independence. Americans across the political spectrum have been citing it ever since. By Joseph Rezek Joseph Rezek is an associate ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a death penalty case in which the defendant’s school records from more than 40 years ago are playing a key role. In that case, Justice John Paul ...

Dec. 10 (UPI) --The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday will consider how states decide if a death penalty candidate is intellectually disabled. At issue is the case against Joseph Clifton Smith of Alabama.

Scott Jennings, former special assistant to George W. Bush and ‘A Revolution of Common Sense’ author, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss his rise as a political commentator at CNN, state of politics, his ...

In Hamm v. Smith, the Supreme Court will consider how IQ tests can be used to determine when an individual with an intellectual disability may be spared from the death penalty. Authors’ note: The ...

In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled in Atkins v. Virginia that the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment bars the execution of people who are intellectually disabled. Next week, on Wednesday ...