Culture

Researchers have several ideas as to why people sometimes stick out their tongues when they're concentrating.

Sometimes people feel the "call of the void," an unexpected urge to jump from a dangerous place. Here's why.

Lions, wolves and great white sharks have no natural predators, except humans. Does that mean humans are at the top of the food chain?

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

Fetuses don't breathe oxygen in utero, so how do newly born babies figure it out?

Humans are getting better at staving off death our technological and medical advances. But could humans ever become immortal?

The water flowing from a medieval fountain in the Italian village of Fontecchio bubbles with extraterrestrial effervescence.

Here's a look at the research about whether left-handed people are smarter than righties.

Chances are you've met a narcissist. Here's what's behind the gigantic ego.

Albert Einstein described Emmy Noether as a "creative mathematical genius" who, despite "unselfish, significant work over a period of many years," did not get the recognition she deserved.

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?

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?