Legendary broadcaster Red Barber took a chance on Scully when he asked him to be an announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers.…
Dissociation can be a healthy part of cognitive functioning, provided it doesn’t get in the way of your goals.
As material objects, diaries give scholars an intimate look into their subjects’ lives, including handwriting and mementos.…
People who say they don’t want children are often told they’ll change their mind. The authors of a new study found otherwise.
At the time, Gallup polls showed that fewer than 20% of Americans approved of interracial marriage.
Barbara Kruger’s ‘Untitled (Your body is a battleground)’ has seamlessly transitioned to social media, inspiring a…
The fundamental issue at stake in abortion debates is personhood, which is viewed differently around the world, an anthropologist…
Study after study has shown that men tend to be more willing to put themselves in harm’s way to help others. Why some…
From 1968 to 1974, US airlines experienced 130 hijackings. But it was Cooper’s hijacking-as-extortion plot that captured…
Several rap songs speak on the subject of abortion from the perspective of the unborn child.
Crystals are part of a larger tradition of metaphysical religions that have a long history in the U.S.
A new study that breaks down the number of trans teens by state could give policymakers a better idea of how many kids will…
Sensationalism, it seems, is ingrained in any conversation about abortion because the issue has long acted as a projection…
Presley never wrote a memoir. Nor did he keep a diary. His music could have been a window into his inner life, but he didn’t…
In an interview, scholar Alyssa Collins explains how her time spent plumbing the sci fi writer’s papers left her stunned…
Even though Afrofuturist works are set in fictional worlds, they provide a blueprint for social, political and economic…
A scholar of queer literature takes a closer look at five books that are pushing the envelope on society’s understanding…
Despite a mass exodus of users in 2018, Tumblr continues to be a place that fosters fandom and subcultures. Now, Gen Zers…
A linguist explores the origin of the word ‘father’ – and why derivatives are common in languages across the globe.
The text-to-art program DALL-E 2 generates images from brief descriptions. But what does it mean to make art when an algorithm…