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Art criticism is inherently subjective. Still, many critics have tried to make a case for why some of the world’s most celebrated books are in fact terribly written.
In the West, discussions of 20th-century painting are dominated by Warhol and Picasso, but trendsetting artists are found everywhere.
If you get married in South Africa, don’t be surprised if someone shows up to the ceremony dragging along a smelly goat.
How to say “I love you” in Basque, the “most loving” cities around the world, and where most of America’s singles live — and so much more!
It’s sustainable, nutritious and delicious. Scientists need to ramp up efforts to meet this urgent need.
Instead of walking a mile in someone’s shoes, try reading a chapter in their book.
Video games matter. Their continued technological and artistic development is reshaping the way we satisfy our ancient need to tell stories.
Kids are fragile. They should trust their feelings. The world is a battle between good and evil. We should stop repeating these untruths.
Alibaba has played a key role in China’s meteoric economic rise.
Could the prevalence of flood myths around the world tell us something about early human migration or even the way our brains work?
Unlock the full potential of your creativity with holistic detachment. This is the way of the editor.
Has the “age of psychopharmacology” shrunk society’s sense of responsibility for mental health?
A new study of global love finds that Americans have some of the most loving relationships, while Chinese and Germans have some of the least.
And it’s much, much less expensive.
Most popular songs are about love and heartache. But some great songs — albeit underrated and perhaps a bit weird — are about the cities we love.
Studying the display of personal wealth across time can help us better understand the history of socioeconomic inequality.
In many city-states, it was perfectly acceptable for older men to have sexual relationships with young boys.
A quote from a 1995 book by astronomer Carl Sagan describes a world many find disturbingly similar to ours.
If tourism is the lifeblood of the Peruvian economy, then Machu Picchu is the heart pumping that blood — in sickness and in health.
When maps meet stamps, you get a love child called “cartophilately.”
If comedies do get made today, they usually bypass the big screen and go straight to streaming platforms.
Wealth concentration among elites was common in ancient nations, but the scale on which it took place in Egypt’s 18th Dynasty was unprecedented.
Without Étienne-Joseph-Théophile Thoré, the genius of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer would have been lost to time.
When boredom creeps in, many of us turn to social media. But that may be preventing us from reaching a transformative level of boredom.
The Athenian rich paid their taxes because they craved the social success of being perceived as “useful.”
If you want to sleep more, try working less, eating better, and exercising more. Alternatively, you could emigrate to Albania.
It will be able to produce 22 million pounds of cultivated meat annually.
We might be dining on insect-based Christmas pies with robot-harvested algae on the side.
Ada Lovelace’s skills with language, music, and needlepoint all contributed to her pioneering work in computing.
A Cambridge Ph.D. student has solved a grammatical problem that has befuddled Sanskrit scholars since the 5th century BC.