Stockholm Syndrome is the most famous of 10 psychological disorders named after world cities. Most relate to tourism or hostage-taking.
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Before it fueled Woodstock and the Summer of Love, LSD was brought to America to make spying easier.
Will and Ariel Durant were praised for their ability to look at the big picture without losing sight of its little details, even if they did miss some of them.
“Immodest Acts” tells the story of Benedetta Carlini, a lesbian nun who claimed to be a mystic visionary but failed to convince the leaders of her faith.
William Shatner is going to space because Jeff Bezos loves Star Trek.
People admire complexity. Many attribute it to the work of superior minds, those with the skills or intelligence to wrangle challenging ideas into a workable—if not always comprehensible—whole. This esteem […]
Birthrates are cyclical and have gone up and down throughout history.
The 1998 hit is making a comeback. Stop what you’re doing and watch the original.
The question of anti-Semitism, Nazism, and a particularly nasty sibling haunted Nietzsche’s legacy.
Harvard psychiatrist Robert Waldinger discusses how 80 years of ongoing research show relationships to be vital for health and happiness.
Writers, filmmakers, and mythologizing biographers tend to imagine innovation originates with a lone genius who has “the spark,” that light-bulb moment when the path from inspiration to world-altering invention reveals […]
Released in 1972, “Ways of Seeing” has proven to be as worthy of study as the artistic traditions it investigates.
Yukio Mishima treated his life as if it were a story — one with a surprising and deadly final act.
Hit shows are like societal mirrors, capable of reflecting the cultural zeitgeist whose likeness they try to record.
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The thrills and horrors of strange heavenly bodies condensed into one attractive snapshot.
A new study provides a possible scientific explanation for the existence of stories about ancient saints performing miracles with water.
A reversal in Earth’s magnetic field 42,000 years ago triggered climate catastrophes and mass extinctions. Can the field flip again?
Are we enslaved by the finer things in life?
An interview with filmmaker Jason Sussberg about his new film about Stewart Brand and the importance of culture in achieving progress.
In ancient Greece, the Olympics were never solely about the athletes themselves.
When you say, “I’ll get it done this week,” you’re just lying to yourself.
A team of biohackers is on a David-versus-Goliath mission to make insulin affordable to an increasing number of diabetics.
The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis argues that a comet strike caused major changes to climate and human cultures on Earth about 13,000 years ago.
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Music is often labelled a “universal language,” and according to the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, there is a good reason for that.
She was walking down the forest path with a roll of white cloth in her hands. It was trailing behind her like a long veil. It was sweeping needles, leaves […]
A brief passage from a recent UN report describes what could be the first-known case of an autonomous weapon, powered by artificial intelligence, killing in the battlefield.
The pandemic has many people questioning whether they ever want to go back to the office.
“She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”