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For centuries, men prevented women from writing music. These classical composers broke with social norms and made their mark on history.

There is no universal diet or exercise program.

Western organizations have big, big plans for the penises of millions of African men. They are to be clipped, and in short order. In Tanzania alone there is a plan […]

His statue has stood outside the York Art Gallery for a century now, but most passersby don’t know the name of William Etty or the works that once made him […]

“Why aren’t there more women math professors? Or engineering professors, or physics professors, or professors of computer science or economics?” Is motherhood be to blame?

Maybe it was a good thing that I was headed out of town the day Juan Williams got whacked by the NPR head honchos. Because it probably wouldn’t have taken […]

Please! Miss Serena Williams, you just a Tennis players! You can F-word yourself, like Tiger did it ( I am sorry to put you in the scale of Serena, but your profanity is the same as her!) You can not F-word the empire! Play by the rule and respect to your profession! Please! Foot fault is foot fault. Miss Serena Williams. WE AMERICA, THE HOME OF THE BRAVE, DOES NOT NEED THIS KIND OF TENNIS CHAMPION IN US OPEN! Shame!

For centuries, even after we knew the Sun was a star like any other, we still didn’t know what it was made of. Cecilia Payne changed that.

We need to fully acknowledge problems, while vigorously pursuing solutions. Call it “solutionism.”

An extraordinary haberdasher obsessed with buttons, lace collars, and death pioneered modern statistical analysis during the Age of Reason.

While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.

“She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”

See the 3 biggest space stories from October 16-22, 2023.

Serving as the inspiration for the modern horror classic “The Blair Witch Project,” what does our fascination with this unsolvable mystery tell us about our modern psyche?

Humanity is never fully in control of its creations. This lesson from Mary Shelley has remained relevant for over 200 years.

The author of Frankenstein had an obsession with the cemetery and saw love and death as connected.

A philosophical debate spanning creation, free will, and a sneaky teapot.

“Groupthink” gets a bad rap. In reality, we need groups to focus our thinking and to build on the ideas of others.

The researchers rebuked writers, scholars, and public figures for lazily perpetuating the notion of widespread gender bias in academic science.

Brian C. Muraresku, New York Times best-selling author of “The Immortality Key,” unpacks ancient evidence for the widespread ritual use of psychoactive plants.

Some classic books, like Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” remain controversial to this day.

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

Could the prevalence of flood myths around the world tell us something about early human migration or even the way our brains work?

We don’t understand why loneliness is bad for us if all we can say is that it hurts.

After 70 years, “The Power of Positive Thinking” remains incredibly popular, even though its critics find the book to be mostly fluff.

Women have made incredible gains into STEM fields, but they continue to face gender biases in the workplace.

Turning away is a natural response.

When you’re a genius, how do you make ends meet?

Here’s your gateway to enjoying the best of literature.

From succubi to aliens, stories of abductions or other unsettling encounters have been with us for millennia. What explains them?