The United States of America is as divided now as it has ever been. Why is this? One author suggests that it is because we have never been one united nation, but 11 differing ones. Founded for different reasons and striving towards conflicting goals, can they ever learn to get along again?

Science fiction author David Brin analyses the moral within the Star Wars films – and it might not be one that you like.

Two things really ruin the holiday season: bon bon jokes and egocentrism. This study helps take the latter out of the gift-giving equation. 

As people reject the status quo around the world, what might the left try to replace it with? One American philosopher makes an argument for a progressive vision.

The newest wave in ethics is also the oldest.

Democracy needs a new PR team. Polls about the way US millennials view democracy seem shocking, but analyzing their reasoning brings about an unsettling truth. 

Forget everything you thought you knew about boiling and freezing, thanks to these MIT scientists.