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Women's empowerment in '70s New York gets (criminally) organized in Andrea Berloff’s comic book adaptation

Two Web shows take a stab at our culture's portrayal of homosexual men and their invariably sassy character traits

Director of "12 Angry Men," "Network" passes away at 86

People in the Caribbean see climate change urgently

No wonder traffic will never improve. We are doomed by our behavior, as a drive in New York with "Traffic" author Tom Vanderbilt reveals.

A Web site advises guys on converting their girlfriends to geekdom.

I won't even drink non-organic milk. So why am I addicted to straightening my hair with formaldehyde?

A new study about how gender affects our Internet behavior upends some old stereotypes

The author of "The Re-Education of the Female" has a simple piece of advice: Do as men say.

Catherine Hardwicke's remake is a frenetic but satisfying enough popcorn flick

My mom and I shared a love of books that began with bedtime reading and lasted a lifetime

...there's the "My After Sex Buddy," a new novelty item designed after an old gender stereotype

Who are the real masterminds behind a low-tech YouTube hit?

Why has one woman's abortion scared off a host of pro-choice men?