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Research shows that women are especially drawn to gay men in certain contexts.
It was a true media bonanza – and we now know that the media played a powerful role in influencing public perception of guilt or innocence.
Underneath the sheen of the Oscars is an arcane organization that’s historically sought to consolidate power.
New research highlights how the pain of a breakup can linger for years.
In a competitive rental market, landlords can easily skirt anti-discrimination laws.
One historian is plumbing the oft-discarded works of kids – from shipwreck tales to diary entries – to augment our understanding of U.S. history.
In the 1950s, Woody Guthrie lived in one of Fred Trump’s buildings. In newly discovered, never before published writings, Guthrie bitterly rails against the developer’s color line.
Evolutionary psychology explains how humans evolved to become gossips.
Could Picasso’s sculptures become the most sought-after pieces of the artist’s oeuvre?
The dark, disturbing imagery of Bowie’s final album recalls how the artist inspired the goth movement of the 1970s and 1980s.
Slated to be demolished this year, a crumbling brick building on Ole Miss’ campus once operated as a power plant where novelist William Faulkner shoveled coal – and feverishly wrote.
Perhaps the 5'10" candidate felt like he needed a ‘lift.’
Two ESPN NFL reporters ordered in on New Year’s Eve. They just didn’t tell anyone they’d been paid to do so.
A new paper details how armchair activists – put together – can be a force.
As genders blur, language is rapidly adapting. Look no further than the American Dialect Society’s 2015 Word of the Year.
The global color authority seems intent on obliterating the confines of gender-color associations.
Could a psychological approach alleviate the misery of the cold, dark wet winter?
The best forgers don’t simply create convincing fakes; they go after the preconceived beliefs of the very people who judge a painting’s value and authenticity.
If New Year’s resolutions have you in an abstemious mindset when it comes to enjoyment these days, consider a pleasure recalibration based on ‘l'éducation du gout.’
A review of some of the top arts and culture stories from the past year.
A post-network era looms. What does this mean for the way we watch – and pay for – television shows?
Through the Nazification of Christmas, the regime was able to gain the support of ordinary Germans.
The manic light-and-sound show is more tribute than groundbreaking film.
Film sagas like Star Wars transcend the screen, connecting viewers to their pasts, to one another and to the hero within.