Search
History & Society
Trace how culture, power, and ideas shape societies across time.
In many ways, we are still novices playing with toy models seeking to understand the stars.
Despite the enormous mass of the Earth, simply depleting our groundwater is changing our axial tilt. Simple Newtonian physics explains why.
On the menu: stews, cheese, and fermented drinks.
An insect? A vermin? An unwanted animal? What in the world is Franz Kafka talking about?
To advance the gender-affirming healthcare of all those who transition, we must also understand the nature and causes of those who detransition.
More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Embark on a journey through one of the most profound ecological transitions in the history of complex life.
The documents that convicted the infamous traitor were all kept in this unassuming leather pouch.
Pessimism reigned supreme.
A new online religion is spreading misinformation and phony products.
Unlock the paradoxes of life through poetic realism.
John Templeton Foundation
Meet the world's largest landowners.
Nobody actually knows what will come of AI. But we can console ourselves with the knowledge that nobody has ever really known anything about the future.
What do the dark recesses of the early Universe and Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom have in common? More than you could have ever hoped for.
Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.
For linguists, the uniqueness of the Basque language represents an unsolved mystery. For its native speakers, long oppressed, it is a source of pride.
Descartes broke from the European philosophers who preceded him and devised a new way of considering humanity and the world.
Sun-like stars live for around 10 billion years, but our Universe is only 13.8 billion years old. So what's the maximum lifetime for a star?
Centuries ago, the typical British coffeehouse was more like a "school without a master" than a place to grab a quick boost of caffeine.
Neuroscientist and author Bobby Azarian explores the idea that the Universe is a self-organizing system that evolves and learns.