When you sit in front of a lie detector machine, you quickly realise how easy it is to tell fact from fiction. The machine, which is pre-loaded with questions from the one seeking the truth from you, ...

Introduction: Plotting the hyperbola of deception -- "A thieves' quarter, a devil's den": the birth of criminal man -- "A vast plain under a flaming sky": the ...

In Season 8, Episode 10 of "The Simpsons" — an episode parodying the popular 1990s sci-fi thriller "The X-Files" — Homer Simpson is being questioned by two federal agents at a police station. "This is ...