Category: Social Sciences

400 Years of Drinking in America

America’s relationship with alcohol is a fraught and inconsistent one. While many other nations and cultures have stable attitudes toward

The New York Times best-selling “manifesto for the future that is grounded in practical solutions addressing the world’s most pressing concerns:

All humans, but no other species, have the capacity to create and understand language. It provides structure to our thoughts,

“There is not a single American awake to the world who is comfortable with the way things are.” So begins

Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through

Noam Chomsky is widely known and deeply admired for being the founder of modern linguistics, one of the founders of

How far does the idea of academic freedom extend to professors in an era of racial reckoning? The protests of

One of America’s top doctors reveals how AI will empower physicians and revolutionize patient care Medicine has become inhuman, to

New York Times best-selling author and primatologist Frans de Waal explores the fascinating world of animal and human emotions. Mama’s Last

In Different, world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal draws on decades of observation and studies of both human and animal behavior to