Can Google make you smarter? Is the more you Yahoo, the better? A new study suggests that searching online could be beneficial for the brain.

Phenomenon of spouses dying close together has medical, social roots.

Doing several things at once can feel so productive. But scientists say switching rapidly between tasks can actually slow us down.

We gossip about people we know, but we also gossip about the strangers whose pictures we see so often that we feel we do. ("Oh, that poor Amy Winehouse," we might say, or, "How much do you think Sarah Jessica works out, really?") There is a time for discussing serious things, but these morning chats aren't it. They're both grounding and distracting, a perfect means of defusing the little panic that accompanies the start of a day at work.

The financial crisis on Wall Street isn't just hitting people's pocketbooks — it's also having effects on their mental health. Severe stress can spark some mental illnesses, or exacerbate them.

Men and women react differently to temptation, research shows. Some of it is instinctual, but loyalty can also be a trained response.

Women experience significantly more nightmares than men and have more emotional dreams, research suggests.

The same gene that affects a rodent's ability to mate for life may affect human marriages, Swedish and U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

Your shopping style may be a window on your happiness -- and what you spend on may matter more than how much you shell out.

Turns out the tricks that actors use on stage can help you score a date, land a job -- or just make any conversation more engaging.