Lying is an important human capacity and a necessary, frequently deployed skill for greasing the rails of social commerce. The emergence of lying, a complex cognitive operation, represents a major ...

An early form of lie detection existed in India 2,000 years ago. Back then, a potential liar was told to place a grain of rice in his mouth, and chew. If he could spit out the rice, he was telling the ...

Get all of the “In Russia, automated teller machines take money from you” jokes out of your system now, because it turns out that Russian ATMs really are getting more advanced than their Western ...