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History & Society
Trace how culture, power, and ideas shape societies across time.
The German-American cartoonist introduced the idea that Santa Claus traveled with a sleigh and reindeer.
Just don't expect the apocalypse to look like it does in the movies.
We don't know with 100% certainty where SARS-CoV-2 first came from or how it first infected humans. But not all options are equally likely.
With launch, deployment, calibration, and science operations about to commence, here are 10 facts that are absolutely true.
For relatives who live far apart, holiday rituals may be the glue that holds the family together.
In her 2020 book, "The Alchemy of Us," Ainissa Ramirez explores how important material inventions shaped the course of human experience.
In America, Cup Noodles has succeeded by hiding its Japanese roots.
Or you might just be a Leo.
People can lose their authentic selves when they don't honestly confront life's potential, according to the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.
The photometric filters for the Vera Rubin Observatory are complete and showcase why they are indispensable for astronomy.
It's that time of year when the hours of meticulous wrapping of Christmas toys are viciously undone in seconds by tiny children.
Americans have a lower life expectancy than people in other rich countries despite paying much more for healthcare. We explore the number of factors which might explain this difference.
Just as storylines make sense only when you have the context of the beginning and the end, listeners need to understand the impetus for why the album was even made.
France is split in two by its very own "desert," the Empty Diagonal. The area’s depopulation is fairly recent, and Paris is to blame.
Life arose on Earth very early on. After a few billion years, here we are: intelligent and technologically advanced. Where's everyone else?
In the most extreme cases, spiraling prices can lead to a collapse in a currency’s value.
Astrophysicists once believed in a static Universe, containing only the Milky Way galaxy. Science definitively proved otherwise.
Successful constructive criticism is as much about mindset as methods.
Society incorrectly blamed a "population bomb” for problems that had other causes. A wrong diagnosis produces ineffective solutions.
The number of people with whom we interact is highest around 40, but then things change substantially after that.