To die by fire in protest now registers little more than a media blip.

The director and star of "The Company You Keep" has somehow managed to come off as the most pious player in the film industry, but Redford's political inclinations seem to be the safe politics of a millionaire movie star, which is perhaps why he never seems to support anything except the environment and wildlife.

Today's tech helps mostly with retrospective or semantic memory, events or facts we've encountered in the past. Prospective memory is different. It's our ability to remember to remember something -- like stopping to grab the dry cleaning on the way home.

An ode to Nick Drake and London circa 1970.

Some really smart people are anxious to persuade the rest of us that more money can't buy us more happiness. But new research finds that more money enables people to buy the experiences and conveniences that increase overall life satisfaction.

Portraying the flamboyant pianist Liberace proved to be the "hairiest" role of Douglas' career.

How to give your working hours a makeover.

In preparation for "Now You See Me," his new movie about a quartet of magicians. The actor can manipulate coins and cards with the best of them.

10 tips for improving indoor air quality.

Brainstorming at work can be dominated by extroverts. Meanwhile, introverts, who are more inner-directed and easily overwhelmed, may remain silent.

In a matter of days, the IRS is already getting ground to mincemeat. Meanwhile, a spectacular panorama of Bush-era abuses have yet to draw the attention of a single Congressional subcommittee.

Tracking the former Ms. Tom Cruise at her new haunts, from Anthropologie to a Chelsea cupcake shop.

It's a peculiar cultural moment for Maron, as the alt-comic veteran, well into middle age, seems to be just coming into the mainstream spotlight.

The driverless car is a data detective's dream, a device that can discern when you get a new job, how many one-night stands you have, how often you go to the dentist.

All the dire talk about the costs of college can scare off young people for whom education spending can have huge long-term payoffs.

The Israeli attacks on Syria pruned the armament trees. The Israelis needed to reduce the amount of long range, highly sophisticated missiles that could be used against them.

Braces aren't just for teens. According to the American Association of Orthodontists, adults now make up one in five orthodontic patients.

Through the years, Taylor says she's been recognized almost as much for playing Sally Sitwell in "Arrested Development" as for more high-profile roles like Marcia Brady in "The Brady Bunch Movie."

At first afraid to speak out, women are beginning to fight back against the distributors, proprietors and site hosts who comprise the online revenge economy.