Culture

Fascism is a political ideology usually characterized by authoritarianism and nationalism. However, many scholars say the concept is difficult to define.

Humans are slow and weak compared with bears, pumas and other large predators, but these beasts usually avoid us. Why don't these animals try to eat us more often?

Why do humans blink so much?

Are ghosts real? Ghost hunters like to believe that ghosts exist, but science and logic are the real ghost busters.

A new study on human cultural evolution argues that humans evolve much faster as cultures than as individual organisms, molding our genes in the process.

Does everyone have a monologue in their head?

This image is an example of the Munker-White illusion.

R.E.M. wasn't singing about backaches or sprained ankles.

A man's lack of friends may predict whether he will embrace toxic masculinity, while the presence or absence of a male role model early in life isn't a factor.

There are many ways the world could end, from all-out nuclear war to a giant asteroid strike. How many people would need to survive such an apocalypse for humans to avoid extinction?

From what it stands for, to how it's celebrated, here are a few fun facts about the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo.

Conflict is healthy.

What steps can night owls take to become early birds?

It could have been a fig, grapes, citron, a pomegranate or even wheat.

A unique piece of code verifies the authenticity of the digital art piece.

Schisms within the church have led to more and more denominations over the millennia.