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History & Society
Trace how culture, power, and ideas shape societies across time.
Iceland consistently ranks as the most gender-equal nation. It is also the nation where men and women are most likely to pursue sex-typical jobs.
The Siege of Leningrad lasted over two years and claimed nearly a million lives. It also inspired writers to record the bleak conditions in which they lived.
Behind the scenes, Hitler had at least three disastrous relationships, including a short-lived marriage.
Solitude, by itself, does not predict feelings of loneliness.
Just 12 million light-years away, the galaxies Messier 81 and 82 offer a nearby preview of the Milky Way-Andromeda merger.
Dating of volcanic ash suggests the remains are at least 230,000 years old.
What was once an art form has been drained of color and personality by ruthless algorithms. Can we make chess human again?
Despite losing most of his extended family to the guillotine, Tocqueville grew up to become a fervent supporter of democratic revolution.
Since Ukraine originally meant “borderland,” the territory was already a target for several kingdoms.
The most feared sexually transmitted disease (STD) of the last half-millennium was usually named after foreigners, often the French.
Non-Western thought is vast and ancient, so why don't some consider it philosophy?
From succubi to aliens, stories of abductions or other unsettling encounters have been with us for millennia. What explains them?
Once numbering just 27 birds, the global population of California condors is now in the hundreds.
Beautiful people really know how to catch a break.
There are an estimated two trillion galaxies within the observable Universe. Most are already unreachable, and the situation only gets worse.
Stockholm Syndrome is the most famous of 10 psychological disorders named after world cities. Most relate to tourism or hostage-taking.
The decline of global poverty is one of the most important achievements in history, but the end of poverty is still very far away.
People around the world, mostly Generation Z, are obsessed with the look and feel of gothic, elitist universities. Why?
It has been 50 years since an American has claimed the title of World Chess Champion. Will it ever happen again?
Impressive but deadly physics underlie catastrophic eruptions.