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Sociology
Being a jerk gets you rich, promoted, and laid (if you're a man). But there is a downside.
From grave robbing to giving your own body to science.
7mins
Find food, have sex, not die. That’s pretty much all we need to do — but why do we make it so complicated?
7mins
Sexual attitudes are more man-like than ever. Here’s what that means for women.
Mass sociogenic illnesses can afflict thousands of people.
Worldwide, 15% of children are born out of wedlock, but the figure varies from less than 1% in places like China to 69% in Iceland.
Are anti-workers the lazy children of privilege or the brave vanguard of a utopic upheaval?
About 1 in 5 adults now say they have no religious affiliation, up from 1 in 50 in 1960.
Jules Verne wrote about gasoline-powered vehicles, weapons of mass destruction, and global warming more than a century ago.
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Why marriage is thriving — and dying — in different American classes.
Take a trip through these master-crafted fantasy societies and ask yourself: Could I actually live there?
The Church of England is debating if believers should stop using gendered language when talking about God.
Lonely humans will become infatuated with AI-fabricated personas.
Democratic freedom, rapturous religion, and newspapers created a hotbed for social experimentation in 19th-century America.
Would you want to live in any of these places?
Anyone can have a bad day at work, but not everyone scores this high on narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism.
"I am an anthropologist, and for years, I have spoken to people who have had these experiences."
John Templeton Foundation
A study out of Sweden shows that the highest earning men are slightly less intelligent than those just below them on the economic ladder.
Kids are fragile. They should trust their feelings. The world is a battle between good and evil. We should stop repeating these untruths.
Fear of being scammed can lead us to make decisions that go against our values and goals — both as individuals and as a society.
Lawmen and outlaws were often the same people.
X marks the spot. The Dutch town of Ommeren has been swamped by detectorists armed with shovels looking for $20-million treasure.
Evil is easy to identify and fight against; not so with stupidity.
It is estimated that as many as 488 million people worldwide were exposed to dangerously long working hours in 2016.
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.
Computerized, job-focused learning undercuts the true value of higher education. Liberal arts should be our model for the future.
When boredom creeps in, many of us turn to social media. But that may be preventing us from reaching a transformative level of boredom.
15mins
Male inequality — the enormous cultural shift happening right under our nose.
For college students, it's the early afternoon.