In his personal, engaging new book, “Sorrowful Mysteries,” the novelist and journalist Stephen Harrigan explores the enduring ...

Busting myths; how a drop of water changed a girl’s life; a tribe’s respect for fishes; and more: picks from columnist.

Alyssa Colman reflects on her research behind her forthcoming middle grade novel, 'Where Only Storms Grow'—which takes place ...

This is such a tired and outdated cliché that dates back to the old idea that autism is a tragedy. This narrative portrays autistic people as damaged goods, which has been used as a rationale for ...

My story about two men getting married has drawn both scorn and deep appreciation over the years. Now, it’s getting banned.

Behind the headlines, and largely unreported, the basic measures of human well-being have continued to improve in recent ...

BBC special correspondent Katty Kay and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt on kids, smartphones and whether anything has changed a year after his landmark book The Anxious Generation.

When Amy Molloy’s son was born, she knew there was something “different” about him. He didn’t behave like her daughter, a ...

The Power Universe has a long history of shocking deaths, and we're taking a look at the most shocking of them all!

That includes during our hunter-gatherer days, which account for some 95% of human evolutionary history. The idea of "man the hunter, woman the caregiver," widely popularized by (male) anthropologists ...

The 'Walk in My Shoes' campaign founded by South Florida's former Democratic state Sen. Lauren Book turns 10 this year. While ...

Despite the two decades since his death, John Paul still has a great deal to teach us about human dignity, God’s boundless ...