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Bloodcurdling war cries, shrieking elephants, and whistling arrows all made soldiers flee in terror.
What's the point of all that money?
When you wish upon a star, it probably makes a difference who you are.
Break into London Zoo? Illegal, but it would improve the London Circle Walk
We're still using 800,000 gallons of embalming fluid a year, but burials are becoming far less common.
Why, exactly, should you die for your child?
Video cameras on city streets are only the most visible way your movements can be tracked.
While becoming a monk is an evolutionary dead end for the individual, celibacy reaps benefits for the group as a whole.
Let's hope that squid don't evolve lungs and legs, or humanity might be in real trouble.
A new technique for analyzing networks can tell who wields soft power.
Moral panics about the content of children's cartoons and other forms of entertainment have a long history.
In a nod to its addictive qualities, it was first dubbed “Some More.”
When it comes to vetting people for friendship, body odor seems to be a decisive factor.
Explore the key highlights from the UN’s latest release of its world population estimates.
When you imitate the speech of others, there’s a thin line between whether it’s a social asset or faux pas.
Using data collected from ancient civilizations across the world, researchers identified the most significant factors in human development. War came out on top.
Ideas often taken for granted in the United States and Europe about what it means to be a person are, quite simply, not shared with other cultures.
Is there such a thing as a heroic personality type?
The psychology of alien contact largely revolves around the concept of "otherness." We need to learn to be comfortable around strange things.
In a world where we assume people tell the truth, liars prosper. To stop them from exploiting others, here are three rules to catch a liar.
In the early 1900s, some Americans feared that teddy bears would not instill maternal instincts in girls, thereby causing "race suicide."
It is all too easy for humans to fall into the cognitive trap of thinking that an entity that can use language fluently is sentient or intelligent.
One might think that people who started poor and became rich might be more sensitive to the plights of the poor. Not so, suggests a new study.
Three out of four Russians accused of witchcraft were men.
Symbolic gestures often speak to our psyche in ways no rational action could ever speak to our intellect.
A philosopher unpacks the paradox in using the word "evil."
Can we stop mass shootings? The first step is collecting data, and these authors have done just that.
This world map shows how the rest of the world LOLs. In France, you MDR; in China, you 23333.
Does your father say "I love you," or express it in another way?