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History & Society
Trace how culture, power, and ideas shape societies across time.
An ancient continent called Balkanatolia rose and fell in the area in and around what is now the eastern Mediterranean.
Investments in public libraries are a long-term investment in children and communities.
Vladimir Putin adores Fyodor Dostoevsky. A close reading of the legendary author’s texts reveals the feeling might have been mutual.
Human organs don't always show up where doctors expect.
Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury "only" reaches 800 °F at its hottest. Venus is always hotter, even at night.
George Washington, for example, was quite happy to engage in deception, if that deception would help protect the United States.
Socrates lived during a time when people did not strive to separate fact from fiction. So how much of what we know about Socrates is true?
Planet Earth has been around for over 4.5 billion years, but humans? For 99.998% of our planet's history, humans were nowhere to be found.
In "Off the Edge", journalist Kelly Weill dives down the strange rabbit hole of the flat-Earther community.
Professional astronomy images are the gold standard. But this Large Magellanic Cloud composite is the amateur community's best image ever.
Online Shinto communities have existed since the birth of the internet as we know it.
A lot of research assumes happiness is measured by comfort and material conditions. For Aristotle, it is about being the best we can be.
Our research on a Martian meteorite provides new clues about early surface conditions on the red planet.
Russia has long sought to erase the mere idea of Ukraine. But people like my grandmother, born in Druzhkivka, will not let Russia win.
The Bolsheviks may have created Ukraine’s current borders, but that doesn’t mean dismantling them is good for today’s Russia.
“When molecules misbehave, it can lead to great insight.”
One particular revolution was so important, that at least one historian thinks the 20th century officially began in 1914 and ended in 1991.
Scientists captured it on footage 1.5 miles below the surface.
Bite into a miracle berry and you'll perceive intense sweetness — but only after you eat something acidic, too.
Using the Book of Mormon as a sacred but ambiguous atlas, the Latter-day Saints have been looking for the lost city of Zarahemla for decades.