I’ve written a lot about morbid curiosity in daily life — for example, how it relates to personality or anxiety. But, being the morbidly curious creatures that we humans are, our morbid curiosity ...

Many of Western society’s urtexts treat curiosity as a sinful transgression and a threat to social order and divine authority. Consider Adam and Eve, who eat the forbidden fruit to gain knowledge and ...

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” —Albert Einstein In 2007, New York City did something radical, which was so effective that it has become commonplace across the country: It ...

When Susan Engel, a developmental psychologist at Williams College, decided to spend a few months observing suburban elementary schools, she had a specific goal in mind: to study variations in rates ...