Carlin Flora

A punk princess who built an fashion empire on floral and leopard prints—together.

Professionals who make life-and-death decisions use intuition and analysis to make judgments under time pressure.

Rejection is a fundamental law of the (social) universe. But if you laser in on every dis, you'll likely trigger a self-fulfilling prophecy. Rejection-sensitivity is on the rise, but you can learn to brave even the biggest brush-offs.

The author doesn't skim over life's complexities. Here's her take on love and life.

Our culture romanticizes the myth of artistic inspiration, perhaps because we'd like to think that some people have artistic gifts, and that great literature or beautiful music is more a question of luck than hard work.

Confirming a link that many pediatricians and psychologists have long suspected, a study shows that children with behavioral problems are more likely to be overweight than are children with no such problems.

Researchers have found that enyzmes play a significant role in turning fleeting moments into lasting memories.

Researchers discover that young rats given the stimulant Ritalin are more likely to develop the rodent equivalent of depression. These results could change the focus of depression research towards the neurotransmitter dopamine instead of serotonin.

Lawyers for accused sniper Lee Boyd Malvo are using an insanity defense that claims John Allen Muhammad indoctrinated Malvo into a "cult of two" such that Malvo could not distinguish right from wrong.