Each of us carries our own version of the Multiverse in our heads.

Fire-breathing dragons may represent chaos and the human impulse to conquer that threat.

In the early 1900s, some Americans feared that teddy bears would not instill maternal instincts in girls, thereby causing "race suicide."

Quite a lot, actually, even though it has no identifiable value as a scientific concept.

A recent advance in 3D imaging techniques helped spark the biggest ever discovery of North American cave art.

This representation of the Bamum kingdom is a rare example of early 20th-century indigenous African cartography.

Time for a status check before watching "Moon Knight."

Society treats teenagers as if they’re a problem to be solved, but the truth is that we have to prepare them to solve our problems. It’s time that we change the narrative.

We imagine and debate the inner lives of literary characters, knowing there can be no truth about their real motives or beliefs. Could our own inner lives also be works of fiction?

Can stories help us become more creative?

A famous explorer's doomed ship is finally found 107 years after it was lost to the Antarctic deep.

In theory, history is the sum of everything that ever happened; in practice, it’s a story we tell ourselves to make sense of and justify our actions in the present. 

When Saint Ambrose of Milan was venerated, his life became public property, its meaning expanding with the unique interpretations of each new generation.

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.

The author of classics like "A Farewell to Arms" and "The Sun Also Rises" is known and loved for his simple yet effective writing style. Here’s how to imitate it.

Distinguishing fact from fiction can be tough, especially when it comes to people as controversial as Stalin. 

For consumers of festive beverages, the news is bad: this holiday season, Guinness may not be on tap and glass for bottling wine is scarce. Climate disasters, like British Columbia’s floods, have further weakened already […]

In her 2020 book, "The Alchemy of Us," Ainissa Ramirez explores how important material inventions shaped the course of human experience.

For such a near-universal concept, the definition of "heroism" is difficult to pin down.

Hit shows are like societal mirrors, capable of reflecting the cultural zeitgeist whose likeness they try to record. 

1700s economic principles predicted Uber. A Nobel Prize-winning economist explains why.

The singer-songwriter distilled the essence of the holidays into a hit song, and for her efforts she was crowned the Queen of Christmas.

What value does wit hold in genres defined by brute strength?

The decades-long conflict is best understood not through secondhand accounts of historians, but the primary accounts of people who actually experienced it.

Although equal parts Hollywood blockbuster and Putinist propaganda, "Trotsky" still manages to capture the good, the bad, and the ugly of Russia’s revolutionary past.

It’s a great show in total darkness. Here’s how to not ruin it for yourself. “Yes, I am well aware that nature — or what we call nature: that totality of objects […]

Using incomplete facts to spin a false narrative and mislead the public is the modus operandi of a political liar. “I’m not a natural leader. I’m too intellectual; I’m too […]