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“The cavemen had the same natural resources at their disposal as we have today, and the difference between their standard of living and ours is a difference between the knowledge they could bring to bear on those resources and the knowledge used today.”

Steven Pinker writes in Nautilus: Psychology...

Adam Gopnik reviews some of the books that celebrate or censure the Internet, and considers what omnipresent information is doing to our minds.

Professors Leda Cosmides, Tanya Atwater and Nelson Lichtenstein have been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a 243 year-old institution

Human nature is a paradox. On the one hand, thanks to our evolution in the five million years since we left the jungle, we are a highly social species. On the other hand, as the last centuries show only too well, we can be truly hateful towards our fellow human beings—on a group level, war, and on an individual level, prejudice.

A woman recorded herself sitting alone in silence as her alleged Uber driver played an audiobook that she described as 'incel-adjacent.'

Makeup artist Barrie Gower spills the Upside-Down secrets of bringing Vecna to life (with grisly photos and videos!)

There are friends you can count on — and friends you can count on to fake their own kidnapping the moment you are the slightest bit in need.

Im a single woman in my mid- 30s with an older half brother I havent seen in 20 years. He started calling me several years ago, and we speak sporadically (always instigated by him). Hes married and refers to me as the aunt to his four children (whom Ive never met). Recently, he asked whether they could all stay with me for a while. On the next call, he asked to borrow money. I have yet to give him answers. I cant help but suspect he just intended to use me all along. Is there a way to figure ou...