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Sociology
Shame is a powerful tool that must be used with care.
One form of domestic abuse involves a parent breaking their child’s connection with the other parent.
"A cheap loan is beyond all new destiny." Does that mean anything to you?
To the ancient Greeks, exotic animals were proof of mythological creatures. To the ancient Romans, they were oddities and adversaries.
Are psychopaths cold-blooded murderers? Not usually.
It's the clitoris, stupid!
And debate over it started soon after.
Were Hitler’s SS henchmen willing executioners fueled by racial propaganda or mindless servants vying for promotions?
The Spanish language has the ability to minimize and exaggerate by the simple addition of a suffix.
It doesn't matter how ridiculous a lie is. As long as it is repeated often enough, some people will believe it.
The researchers consumed a lot of wine while watching 15 seasons of the show.
In a new book, an MIT scholar examines how game-theory logic underpins many of our seemingly odd and irrational decisions.
Presidential gravesites are spread out “democratically” — but this is more by accident than design.
It may depend on whether you're an "easily empathetically embarrassed" person.
People underestimate their opponent’s capacity to feel basic human sensations. We can short-circuit this impulse through moral reframing and perspective taking.
"Immodest Acts" tells the story of Benedetta Carlini, a lesbian nun who claimed to be a mystic visionary but failed to convince the leaders of her faith.
Many atheists think of themselves as intellectually gifted individuals, guiding humanity on the path of reason. Scientific data shows otherwise.
John Templeton Foundation
The Assam stone jars were described as early as 1929. Almost a century later, archaeologists still puzzle over their placement and purpose.
If the metaverse is money, then companies will certainly want to play, too.
Catholic sisters outnumber priests and religious on every continent.
Most cities reeked of death, defecation, and industrial waste. Still, focusing only on stench means turning a blind eye (or nose) to the many other smells that helped shape human history.
Social media distorts the reality of the public sphere.
The results of a 2021 study suggest that the world's most powerful psychedelic may be an underutilized peace-building tool.
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.
John Templeton Foundation
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A majority of Americans think they are trustworthy, yet believe most other people can’t be trusted.
Stand Together
“How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past?” Steinbeck writes.
Far from being inappropriate, many of the most controversial acceptance speeches highlighted important issues in the film industry.