A new book offers an unsettling account of human exceptionalism and shows that the unique ways we gamble with risks and move out of our comfort zones may yet be our downfall.

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There’s nothing like getting caught in a giggle loop, where the desire to laugh builds until it bursts out at a disastrous moment. Only then do we often realize that laughter is a rather strange ...

At a time of increasing anxiety about physical anatomy, figurative sculptors are breathing new life into one of the world’s ...

The Wachowskis' attempt at reenergizing the space opera genre is widely considered to be a low point in their career, but ...

The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival has announced its competition lineups for the March event, a slate of ...

The modern history of Western Europe is defined by opposition. Europe is presented as a beacon of civilisation facing down ...

Buddhist jhana meditation and the Christian practice of speaking in tongues -- have more in common than previously thought, a new study suggests. While one is quiet and deeply focused, and the other ...

But just like Mendel and his peas don’t fully explain the actual complexity of genetic inheritance, simple definitions for ...

The Carter Center independently analyzed the results collected and published by the Venezuelan opposition.