Oops—this story was an April Fool's Day prank! The pointy ears were the first indication that Star Trek Vulcan Mr. Spock was ...

Star Trek is one of the most popular sci-fi media franchises. It first appeared with the television series of the same name ...

Every generation has its parent whisperer. My mother and father had Benjamin Spock, the pediatrician who promoted the revolutionary idea that children should be cherished and held, not whipped or ...

There are some outspoken celebrities, such as Jane Fonda. But Dr. Spock holds a unique position as both a once-trusted member of the establishment, and a radical capable of rattling the government.

The trial of Dr. Benjamin I. Spock and four other men--including a Harvard graduate student--on charges of counseling others to refuse the draft is scheduled to begin today in Boston's federal court.

My mother and father had Benjamin Spock, the pediatrician who promoted the revolutionary idea that children should be cherished and held, not whipped or spanked. His landmark 1946 book, “The Common ...

I gather it's since fallen into some disfavor for what a number of new parents see as an alarmist approach, leading detractors to call it "What to Freak Out About When You Are Expecting." After my ...

Yet here was Spock telling the House of Medicine that every mother could trust her own instincts and feed her baby "when he seems hungry, irrespective of the hour." [2] Cry and be fed, and damn ...

Author Emily Oster, right, at a book reading in Washington last year. (Leigh Vogel / Getty Images for Emily Oster) ...

Every generation has its parent whisperer. My mother and father had Benjamin Spock, the pediatrician who promoted the revolutionary idea that children should be cherished and held, not whipped or ...