The age of Homo technicus could generate profound intellectual advances and solutions to our gravest problems. But first we ...

Nathan Gorelick traces literary criticism and psychoanalysis to their shared origins during the 17th and 18th centuries.

In a parallel universe, Europe was passing through the Dark Age from which it started emerging only through Renaissance and Enlightenment ... considered the epitome of excellence in knowledge, science ...

Late on election night in an understandably upbeat and surprisingly conciliatory victory speech at the Palm Beach Convention ...

Queer rights activist shares his thoughts on storytelling and literature’s role in his activism and filmmaking.

A new book from Harvard scholar Keidrick Roy, “ American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism ,” lays ...

OPINION Matt Garvin I, like many others have been doing some reflection following last week’s election result. I am more and ...

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William Dalrymple gives us a near-complete idea of how central India was to everything that happened in the ancient world ...

First of two parts AFTER the announcement of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests, I remain bothered ...

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For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances in science, medicine and technology for the general public, including the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial, the advent of the ...