Diplomacy is not always pretty and much of the work of diplomats is misrepresented and politicized but it is absolutely essential to keep the world at peace.

Quarantines are worth the trouble to keep the next pandemic at bay but they need to be applied intelligently.

You are leaking data, and absorbing it, says Yale historian Timothy Snyder. But for whose benefit?

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Evolution has created wild and weird animals. Get to know a few of them.

You might say members of the Intellectual Dark Web don't fit in. They might say, "exactly."

History may not repeat but it does rhyme.

"I think it's worth asking yourself, 'What risks are worth taking?' And once you've decided to take them, change who you are so you can win."

We all live by society's invisible rules but for some groups, these rules are tighter than for others, says psychologist Michele Gelfand.

Economic necessity and growing isolation are making some middle-class families try coparenting, explains author Alissa Quart.

The perspective on this is quite novel.

How does Alzheimer's disease work?

A new study shows that some men's reaction to sex is not what you'd expect, resulting in a condition previously observed in women.

Workplace discrimination is often subtle but very real, says financial educator and author Alvin Hall.

What is liberal America's big, and possibly fatal, mistake? Failing to recognize its own extremists.

Magical thinking has always run deep in America, but in the last 30 years things have begun to escalate. "Nutty fringe ideas" are making their way into the mainstream.

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Video of a man being dragged off a United Airlines flight sparks widespread outrage.

Add to playlist! Stanford University posts its Ho Center for Buddhist Studies series of talks on YouTube.

A conversation with the National Book Award-winning writer.

Professor Luke Timothy Johnson explores the impact of paganism and early Christianity on today’s Christians.

The famed evolutionary biologist summarizes his research into the genetic basis of evolution.

The poet covers poetry’s dynamics, from graduate to grade school.

The framers of the Constitution were careful to use the word “persons” says Strossen.