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History & Society
Trace how culture, power, and ideas shape societies across time.
What value does wit hold in genres defined by brute strength?
Most “irrecoverable carbon” is concentrated in these tiny bits of the Earth’s land mass. Can we keep it there?
Released in 1972, "Ways of Seeing" has proven to be as worthy of study as the artistic traditions it investigates.
Until now, researchers believed davemaoite could never be found on Earth's surface.
Missing link? More like the weakest link.
Washington believed that particular Thanksgiving in 1789 was a crucial occasion.
Universal basic income can secure basic independence for citizens, something which modern states have failed to do, argues author Louise Haagh.
This map of Hutterite colonies in North America says something about religion and evolution — and more precisely, speciation.
The modern antiracist movement is harming the very people it claims to help, according to the linguist John McWhorter.
The majority of the matter in our Universe isn't made of any of the particles in the Standard Model. Could the axion save the day?
The insurmountable contrasts between their visions help explain Russia’s stunted development and hint at its destructive future.
We once thought the Moon was completely airless, but it turns out it has an atmosphere, after all. Even wilder: It has a tail of its own.
Are we really only a moment away from "The Singularity," a technological epoch that will usher in a new era in human evolution?
Many still cling to the idea that we live in a deterministic Universe, despite the nature of quantum physics. Now, the "least spooky" interpretation no longer works.
The decades-long conflict is best understood not through secondhand accounts of historians, but the primary accounts of people who actually experienced it.
To overcome burnout, we need to change how we think about the relationship between dignity and work, argues Jonathan Malesic.
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“The Universe is swarming with scapegoats, yet none of us think we have any of our own.”
Society-changing ideas form through a three-stage process, argues author Michael Bhaskar.
By taking Satan out of the religious context, storytellers explored the nature of sin in new ways.
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Should we worry about fascist politics? Philosopher Jason Stanley plays devil’s advocate.