A new study comparing 59 species of primates linked same-sex sexual behavior to scarce resources and more predators in socially complex species. The findings show diverse sexual behaviors are common — ...

The meaning of life has puzzled philosophers for millennia, but new research suggests it could be as simple as lending a helping hand ...

Even though its brain is smaller than a grain of rice, this spider plans ahead, adapts mid-hunt and outsmarts prey larger ...

On January 30th, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Three Holy Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John ...

Putting aside the risk of an early grave by accident or injury, your genes may have a much greater impact on your lifespan ...

The US president's curt description of Greenland recalls a pattern in which colonial authorities have sometimes classified land as "not used" or "uninhabited," overlooking Indigenous land relations ...

Old Indian poems and folk songs are revealing a surprising truth about the land. Scientists found that descriptions of thorny trees and open grasslands in texts written as far back as the 1200s ...

Q&A / A conversation with Kwame Anthony Appiah about the religious origins of social theory and his recent book Captive Gods. Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins The philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah’s latest ...

Just as Nostra Aetate led to reconciliation between Judaism and Christianity, a similar document is needed to lead to a ...

Malcolm Purinton, Northeastern’s resident beer historian, did not always consider the study of alcohol to be a legitimate ...

The historian Adam Tooze discusses Davos, China and the fading of an old world order. This is an edited transcript of “The ...

Located in Malawi, the site could also be the world's earliest example of an in situ cremation pyre for an adult, according ...