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Sociology
Is it genes or their special bond that drives identical twins to offend at similar rates?
Genes are sometimes called the “blueprint of life,” but that doesn't make them the behavioral playbook.
About three out of every four people arrested in the U.S. are men. That rate is similar across the world.
In 1924, sociologist and social reformer Caroline Bartlett Crane designed an award-winning tiny home in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Some of the world's most satisfied societies are poor, small, and remote.
Scientists are working to map out the risks of the permafrost thaw, which could expose millions of people to the invisible cancer-causing gas.
People who score high in "obsessive passion" can become rigidly consumed by ideological causes — sometimes dangerously so.
Smaller family networks, more great-grandparents, and fewer cousins.
The U.S. ranked 59th worldwide.
Meet the people paid to rouse the workers of industrial Britain.
Is it better to be the oldest sibling, the youngest, or in the middle?
A controversial new philosophy paper tries to bring our moral prejudices to heel. Should it?
You can learn an awful lot about people, culture, and politics by studying R.
Exile is a kind of death of who you once were.
To see a true cross-section of American society, head to Applebee's, Buffalo Wild Wings, IHOP, Chili’s, and Olive Garden.
An influential series of books argues that the history of the world is the history of generations. Is it right?
This necropsy represents an early entry in what would become a tradition of performing autopsies to consider an individual’s sanctity.
In a remarkably similar way, conspiracy theories around the world cast doubt on the existence of real places.
Gladiators fought in rounds, and there were referees to enforce rules. Only rarely were gladiators killed.
"Precarious manhood" is the belief that manhood must be earned and constantly defended. It has a poor outcome.
Destruction of the Ukrainian dam unleashed a catastrophic flood—and surfaced centuries of cultural heritage. Now there’s a call not to rebuild it.
Bathtubs and toilets each got their own rooms until health professionals urged architects to put all the plumbing in one room.
Many countries' histories are governed by the familiar demographic story of growth, industrialization, and decline. But not France.
Scientists don't understand why the correlation exists.
Through humility, the old arrogance of infallibility crumbles. And in that there is genuine hope to prevent wrongful convictions.
"Burke's the butcher, Hare's the thief, and Knox the man who buys the beef." Read the story of 19th-century Scotland's corpse dealers.
If someone can make you feel insecure, incomplete, and inadequate, they then can present themselves as the solution you need.
The philosophy of sex is going through a recalibration period.
In an attempt to prove Christianity inferior to communism, a Soviet scientist hoped to play God.