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Engaging in a brief mindfulness exercise made people who identified “I/me” words 33% less likely to volunteer.

Both nations made missteps, but China still has a chance to make up lost ground.

Australian soldiers fighting the Japanese recruited native New Guineans to their campaign.

Hoarders know their habits are abnormal, and yet they cannot help themselves. Maybe you can help them.

Were Hitler’s SS henchmen willing executioners fueled by racial propaganda or mindless servants vying for promotions?

University of Utah research finds that men are especially well suited for fisticuffs.

Maybe you’ve heard the term “self-actualization” bandied about at a party or by an inspirational speaker? Popularized by psychologist Abraham Maslow, the theory argues that we can realize our full […]

When we call something ugly, we say something about ourselves – and what we fear or dread.

Researchers announce a potential breakthrough in using nanotechnology to fight cancer.

“Today, full frontal nudity is more common on cable TV than cigarette smoking is in office buildings,” writes Robert Hofler in Sexplosion: From Andy Warhol to A Clockwork Orange—How a […]

A short essay argues that most institutions should immediately institute moratoriums on hiring new faculty and building new facilities, and that universities need to focus on clarifying their value proposition in a world of ‘commodity [higher] education.’

Large-scale drainage projects were popular in the early 20th century – but most came to nothing.

This spring in the sophomore-level course I teach on “Communication and Society,” we spent several weeks examining the many ways that individuals and groups are using the internet to alter […]

Forget Rahm Emanuel, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has “earned the badge of the toughest nut in F***nutsville” and is one of history’s most skilled vote-getters, writes Richard Adams.