Mothers lie to their children for a variety of reasons. Somet...  ...thing the child doesn't care about. Sometimes the lies are simply a way to get children to behave. Somet...  ...ecause it's fun. Atlas Obscura solicited maternal lies from their readers to share with us for Mot...

(Image: Chad Kainz)Want to lie more effectively? Drink a lot of water an hour be...  ...water. After an hour, the subjects were asked to lie persuasively about their opinion on a topic. Revi...

Steve Elgin and Kristian Falcon knew they would be...  ...es. If the first is true, how can the second be a lie ? That’s hard enough to reconcile, but look...

There are a few bad apples that cheat a lot, but surely most of us are honest people who'd never cheat, right? Not according to research study by Duke University Economics professor Dan Ariely. His st...

Congressman Joe Wilson - you know, the g...  ...yrocketed to fame for yelling "You lie " during a speech by President Obama - is tec...  ...x Home Entertainment. It finds that men lie an average of six times a day - twice as much as...  ...he average lifetime. T...

Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédér...  ...obots able to use humans for fuel would prefer to lie about their intentions. Link via OhGizmo!