Society

Brain geniuses like Elon Musk may want to colonize Mars, which sure. But for simpletons like me, keeping Earth…

In 2018, half of all sentient life disappeared with Thanos’ snap of the fingers in Avengers: Infinity War. Five…

It’s a fascinating question. Over at Charles Stross’ blog, he responds to a reader question: What would a…

Poverty is increasing in the U.S. A new series of detailed maps created by Justin Palmer plots its rise across the…

Family is a moving target. Our ideas about what constitutes a “normal” family have changed a lot since the 1960s,…

For the past eight years, 21-year-old Zack Kopplin has been fighting to keep creationism out of Louisiana’s science…

Parts of the famously off-kilter "cube houses" project constructed back in 1984 to a design by architect Piet Blom…

The baby in this video understands an iPad, but she doesn't know how to read a magazine — and that could have some…

We're living in a time of extreme technological change. Gadgets that didn't exist a decade ago are shaping your…

In The Purge, a suburban family is put through hell because right wingers came up with a plan to eliminate the poor…

Drugs such as cocaine and heroin aren't just glamorous because they're illegal. Even when you could buy them at any…

Do you think obesity rates in the United States are on the rise? Despite what you've heard, they're not. The Centers…

Charles Darwin married his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, in January 1839 — but not before giving it some serious thought.…

Gossip is generally seen as malicious, something that destroys relationships and reputations alike with a deadly mix…

Our capacity for complex social interactions is a defining feature of humanity, but how did it evolve? It seems like…

Why are so many societies based on hierarchy rather than egalitarian values, despite the fact that evidence…

Randall Lee Church didn't believe his fellow inmates when they warned him about culture shock after he got out of…

The stat diggers at Pew dug up a new gem: in their nationally representative survey, "13% of cell owners pretended…

Çatalhöyük is one of the world's most ancient settlements, founded in what is now Turkey around 7,500 BCE. New…

Humans are the only animals who display loyalty to individuals we don't personally know. Scientists had assumed this…