Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

Astrology has been around for more than 2,000 years, so pretty much everyone knows at least their Sun sign (what you usually respond with when someone asks, "What's your sign?"). But recently, ...

Newsweek has created a graph to show how births in the United States have declined over the last 50 years. This has happened for every age group, fluctuating across the decades, rising steadily in the ...

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