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Ever felt sad during the holidays but weren’t sure why? Chances are you were suffering from a case of Christmas Blues.

In 2011, I wrote “Pro-Family Christians Support Child Kidnapping“, one of the more despicable stories of how the religious right despises and mistreats GLBT people (and that’s really saying something). […]

This essay was previously published on AlterNet. In the summer of 2010, I saw him several times a week: a portly, dark-skinned gentleman, leaning against a pillar in Penn Station […]

Democratic freedom, rapturous religion, and newspapers created a hotbed for social experimentation in 19th-century America.

“I am an anthropologist, and for years, I have spoken to people who have had these experiences.”

In the 1980s, some wardens started painting their cells with a shade of pink dubbed “Baker-Miller Pink.”

It could lead to a massive uptake in those previously hesitant.

“The Expanse” is the best vision I’ve ever seen of a space-faring future that may be just a few generations away.

Map shows oldest buildings for each U.S. state – but also hints at what’s missing.

Google’s “Year in Search 2020” results reveal a year when “why” was searched more than ever.

What qualifies someone for the top position in American government?

Psychedelics are going mainstream. Here’s your reading list.

New research on ankle exoskeletons show promising results.

If an AT-AT walker (or something even larger) wanted to walk across a frozen lake, how thick would the ice have to be? Each winter, one of the most spectacular phenomena […]

Americans lost $116.9 billion gambling in 2016.

Feel like traveling to another dimension? Better choose your black hole wisely.

Can all three co-exist?

America isn’t immune to attempts to remove books from libraries and schools, here are ten frequent targets and why you ought to go check them out.

Crazy Rich Asians is the first film to feature an all-Asian cast in 25 years. It is also a bonafide success, both financially and culturally. Inspired by its fanfare, Big Think looks at seven other films that shook American society.

Maryland officials want lawmakers to support language that would require vendors of elections services to disclose when a foreign actor takes control of one of their companies.

We all know who Confucius was, but what did he teach?

America’s greatest international impact since World War 2 has been through its diplomacy, not its wars.

Artificial intelligence has so far replaced more menial labor, but could it one day soon come for the more analytical positions in the economy like writers and reporters? What will become of journalism?

A rare counter-example to the flood of Temperance maps, this Prohibition-era chart celebrates alcohol in its many forms

What explains our propensity to blame the victim, even in cases of sexual assault and rape? A true story of sexual crime in America reveals some key misunderstandings we may all hold. 

Environmental concerns have caused some to opt-out of reproduction, both to help the planet and to protect their would-be children.

Debunking the myth that Enlightenment-era pastors opposed modern science.

First there was the industrial revolution. Then there was the information revolution. Now, says Cartoon Network president Christina Miller, we must prepare for the creativity revolution.

Scientists feel under attack. This is how they’re fighting back.

Long thought to be a fallacy, new analysis shows the ‘hot hand’ is real, and Klay Thompson has it. “Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on […]