Sociology

gender equality paradox
Iceland consistently ranks as the most gender-equal nation. It is also the nation where men and women are most likely to pursue sex-typical jobs.
Leningrad
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.
syphilis
The most feared sexually transmitted disease (STD) of the last half-millennium was usually named after foreigners, often the French.
The language you speak plays an important role in how you evaluate truth.
It is often assumed that AI will become so advanced that the technology will be able to do anything. In reality, there are limits.
progression bias
We seem to have a "progression bias" that nudges us toward pro-relationship decisions and away from breaking up.
The results of a recent study counter some common claims found in anti-immigration narratives.
dating apps
Dating apps have made it easier than ever to find a partner. Paradoxically, the ease of finding matches means some remain perpetually single.
chimpanzee war
From 1974 to 1978, the chimps of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania were at war with each other, the first time conservationists saw chimps engage in calculated, cold-blooded killing.
A recent study offers new insights into the so-called marriage wage premium.
Mental health, healing and pulling together were key themes of 2021, according to the world’s most popular search engine. Google processes billions of requests every day and its Year in Search […]
In determining what qualifies as solid science, controversy is inevitable.
Haters and disrespect aside, fruitcake is still a robust American tradition.
The gospels imply that Jesus became famous as much for his exorcisms as his ministry.
Jean Paul Sartre summed up the existentialist idea of "bad faith" through a waiter who acted a bit too much like a waiter.
A young boy hanging a decoration on a Christmas tree.
For relatives who live far apart, holiday rituals may be the glue that holds the family together.
It's that time of year when the hours of meticulous wrapping of Christmas toys are viciously undone in seconds by tiny children.
space sex
Whether NASA likes it or not, humans eventually will be having space sex.
An older man sitting on a bench.
The number of people with whom we interact is highest around 40, but then things change substantially after that.
American family
Hit shows are like societal mirrors, capable of reflecting the cultural zeitgeist whose likeness they try to record. 
georg simmel
Cities overstimulate our senses and are full of people we don't know. Maybe humans were meant for this.
detransitioners
The results of a recent study suggest that some clinicians might be failing to explore other causes when treating gender dysphoria.
This map of Hutterite colonies in North America says something about religion and evolution — and more precisely, speciation.
Woke racism
The modern antiracist movement is harming the very people it claims to help, according to the linguist John McWhorter.
Four children gossiping illustrating that gossip is a social skill
Like it or not, we are the descendants of busybodies.
A young woman looks at her phone outside.
The belief that lying is rampant in the digital age just doesn’t match the data.