History shows that progress in gender equality is neither steady nor inevitable

Hunter-gatherer roles in human society are not nearly as gendered as anthropologists and archaeologists have traditionally believed, with narratives of 'man the hunter' and 'woman the gatherer' crumbling in the face of new evidence.

Mithu Sanyal never learned her father's native language, Bengali, as a child. Is it too late to reclaim it?

Writing is therapy. We share stories of abuse, addictions, trauma, illness, crime and regrets. We tell stories of redemption and victory over challenges.

Leading up to his retirement, a New York craftsman trains his young protégé, in a short documentary by Ian Moubayed.

If you've ever gotten a romantic letter or poem, there's a chance it was written by a secret professional.

A biased "assistant" was able to influence the arguments made in essays.

A new deep dive into humanity's history of romantic kissing has revealed that locking lips has a more complex story than some researchers have proposed.

From a Kafkaesque office for social media in Germany and a South Sudan military headquarters, to conversations with an Iranian Ayatollah and Chinese news editor, Norwegian filmmaker Håvard Fossum intimately follows the daily working lives of the censors. With remarkable access to a secretive world, we get a rare insight into the ways information is controlled, from the Communist Party in Beijing to the corridors of power in Washington.

Once a year, the Bulgarian tradition of Kukeri unites a small village as residents wear intricate masks and costumes and dance at night. Killian Lassablière chronicles the practice in his short documentary.

Storytelling computers will change the course of human history, says the historian and philosopher

In an entertaining session of stand-up philosophy with Q&A, Rushkoff shares the stories of his encounters with the scientists, technologists, and billionaires hoping to leave humanity behind, while giving us the distance we need to laugh at their hubris and choose a different path.

Our research showed reading as a teenager was a stronger indicator of curiosity than, say, their mathematical ability.

A drama teacher had the best response to the mom who stopped her kids from taking classes with him after discovering he was gay.

The excessive use of antibiotics in factory farming is causing the premature deaths of nearly one million people and $400 billion in global economic losses each year, according to a report titled Global Public Health Cost of Antimicrobial Resistance Related to Antibiotic Use on Factory Farms published today by World Animal Protection.

Wilder’s Preparatory Academy in Inglewood boasts test score results that reflect performance far above that of the state average for all schools regardless of racial composition.

An article in the March 3 edition of The New York Times caught my eye as an illustration of what Barbara J. Fields and Karen E. Fields describe as “racecraft”—the alchemy that vests the fiction of race with an apparent natural existence—and how it can obscure the class character of a political program through racial mystification.

Gen Z and Millennials are turning to writing therapy as an effective and cost-friendly alternative to talk therapy. Here's what to know.

Shoot for something between poverty and excess.

Five Levels of Ruin — And Where Our Civilization Ranks