society

Despite itself, this collection of awful cartography may just make a few useful observations.

Just because you disagree with something doesn’t mean that it isn’t true for someone else.

Explore McLuhan’s theory on print culture and its influential hold over civilization.

A study out of Finland shows us that sex is sex and robots are robots, and the overlap is confusing.

The Great White North has found a way to provide universal healthcare with more salubrious results and trimmed national costs. Take notes, America.

Being raised indoors might be the reason young Americans struggle in the adult world.

The ancients had a cornucopia of holidays and festivities.

Just because a company does incredibly well financially doesn’t mean that it does any good for the people. How can we change that?

The year was fraught to say the least. Riots in the streets, engagement abroad in a long-fought war, and an encroaching sense that the fabric that knits us together is […]

Swiss researchers identify new dangers of modern cocaine.

New research links urban planning and political polarization.

Progressive America would be half as big, but twice as populated as its conservative twin.

Could this be the long-awaited solution to economic inequality?

The bedrock of freedom? Denying the government the power of censorship.

As long as we fail to name capitalism as a key cause of mass extinction, we will remain powerless to break its tragic story.

Culture determines how mental illness or aberrant mental behavior is viewed and dealt with.

Beyond trigger warnings and safe spaces lies an entire population that espouses victimhood in all walks of life.

Meanwhile, Spaniards are the least likely to say their culture is superior to others.

These great thinkers remind us that taking an unpopular, bold stance might not be madness.

Amongst other things, you can’t get away with handling a salmon suspiciously in Scotland.

How did human homosexuality evolve?

“It’s about having employees that are empowered.”

Saudade: the untranslatable Portuguese word that names the presence of absence and takes melancholy delight in what’s gone.

His book warns us of the dangers of mass media, passivity, and how even an intelligent population can be driven to gladly choose dictatorship over freedom.

The lawsuit could someday reach the Supreme Court and change the way the nation’s universities approach college admissions practices.

Feminism simply means equal rights for men and women.

A new study finds why shame is important for human societies.

In more than a dozen countries as far apart as Portugal and Russia, ‘Smith’ is the most popular occupational surname

With the death of Markeis McGlockton, the debate over stand your ground laws has reignited. Proponents believe they make us safe, while opponents claim they encourage vigilantism. While a consensus may be inconclusive, studies suggest such laws aren’t as effective as their drafters intended.

Millennials are killing everything great about our society including…divorce?