Science has yet to isolate the Godiva Chocolate or Prada gene, but that doesn't mean your weakness for pricey swag isn't woven into your DNA. According to a new study of identical twins, it's less TV ads or Labor Day… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Identical twins are ideal lab specimens for studying the difference between learned and inherited traits since they come from the womb preloaded with matching genetic operating systems. Any meaningful differences in their behaviors or personalities are thus likely to have… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
You do not want to talk to me on the phone. How do I know? Because I don't want to talk to you on… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Overspending is as certain a part of the holiday season as overeating. But pushing away from both the table and the cash register at… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Certainly, people can get along without siblings. Single children do, and there are people who have irreparably estranged relationships with their siblings who live… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Marketers have long known that a name can make all the difference when you're trying to move the merch. The kiwifruit was once the… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Everybody loves to spend money at least some of the time - because everybody loves the stuff you can buy with it. The key… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Older fatherhood isn't all bad: testosterone rates drop about 1% per year as men age, making them less reactive and more patient, and a… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
There may be no more-radioactive term in the English language than what we now almost always refer to as the 'n-word' - itself a… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
At the root of the shy temperament is a deep fear of social judgment, one so severe it can sometimes be crippling. Introverted people… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
As the National Football League and other pro sports increasingly reckon with the early dementia, mental health issues, suicides and even criminal behavior of… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
There's only one thing harder than living in a home with an adolescent - and that's being an adolescent. The moodiness, the volatility, the… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Even the best computer in the world has no idea that it exists. You do. No one knows what creates that ineffable awareness that… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Marriage is a lot of things - a source of love, security, the joy of children, but it's also an interpersonal battlefield, and it's… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
