People who say they don’t want children are often told they’ll change their mind. The authors of a new study found otherwise.
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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 new generation of media-savvy artists and activists.
The fundamental issue at stake in abortion debates is personhood, which is viewed differently around the world, an anthropologist writes.
Study after study has shown that men tend to be more willing to put themselves in harm’s way to help others. Why some men rise to the occasion – and others don’t – has been a bit trickier to pin down.
From 1968 to 1974, US airlines experienced 130 hijackings. But it was Cooper’s hijacking-as-extortion plot that captured the public’s imagination – and inspired a copycat crime wave.
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 be affected by anti-trans legislation.
Sensationalism is ingrained in any conversation about abortion because the issue has long stood in for the country’s deepest fears.
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 even write his songs.
In an interview, scholar Alyssa Collins explains how her time spent plumbing the sci fi writer’s papers left her stunned by the breadth of her interests and the depth of her scientific knowledge.
Even though Afrofuturist works are set in fictional worlds, they provide a blueprint for social, political and economic systems free from exploitation and oppression.
A scholar of queer literature takes a closer look at five books that are pushing the envelope on society’s understanding of LGBTQ life.
Despite a mass exodus of users in 2018, Tumblr continues to be a place that fosters fandom and subcultures. Now, Gen Zers searching for a dose of early-2010s internet nostalgia are signing up.
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 automates so much of the creative process itself?
Your background and life experiences seep into the mind’s eye, quietly shaping whether you believe your dreams can come true.
Can social media posts sustain Russia’s endangered dissident cultures?
The claims made by the creators of the app – which highlights parts of words to supposedly enhance users’ reading abilities – are dubious.
The UK is set to spend four days celebrating the very long monarchy of Queen Elizabeth II. But as the Platinum Jubilee is marked, why do so many Americans also fawn over the British royal family?
When Li Shiu Tong died in 1993, his unpublished manuscript about sexuality was almost thrown away. Yet it contains views on bisexuality and gender fluidity that would resonate with young people today.
Many of the coinages fail to differentiate the mundane from the momentous. Has the suffix’s overuse rendered it essentially meaningless?
Studies on Ukraine going as far back as the late 1990s and early 2000s showed that the country’s population was connecting less and less with Russia.
After years of marginalization, the bèlè dance has been embraced by a growing community who see it as a form of social and spiritual healing.