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History & Society
Trace how culture, power, and ideas shape societies across time.
You want your baby's name to be unique, but so does everyone else.
We want to fight invasive species. But to wage a war, you have to know who your enemy is.
What began as public outcry against Iran’s so-called morality police has snowballed into a mass movement targeting the very essence of the Islamic republic.
For centuries, the only way to travel between the Old and New World was through ships like the RMS Lusitania. Experiences varied wildly depending on your income.
Foster your own moments of mystery.
True north, magnetic north, and grid north have aligned. There's also a connection to James Bond.
Children who have a brain hemisphere removed — a procedure known as hemispherectomy — behave completely normally.
We're used to scientists telling us about the math and physics behind astronomical events. But what does studying space make us feel?
When your passion becomes your day job, sometimes the day job becomes a chore.
Paradoxically, some do it for erotic reasons.
Late-night shows, developed during the "golden age" of TV, are no longer as relevant in the age of streaming services and Donald Trump.
As interest rates rise, the "dead pledge" may live up to its name.
Bathybius haeckelii was briefly thought to be the link between inorganic matter and organic life.
"Oosouji" or "big cleaning" is much more than a chance to tidy up.
Many have argued that morals are relative, but Russia's war crimes reveal the hollowness of that belief. Morality is universal and objective.
Environmental activists want us to feel "flight shame" if we can take a train, instead. But this isn't entirely realistic, even in Europe.
Maybe our understanding of quantum entanglement is incomplete, or maybe there is something fundamentally unique about consciousness.
Many Americans aren't rejecting spirituality, just practicing it differently.