social distribution of sexual orientation

When a group of schoolboys were marooned on an island in 1965, it turned out very differently to William Golding’s bestseller, writes Rutger Bregman

The Wilmington insurrection of 1898, also known as the Wilmington massacre of 1898 or the Wilmington coup of 1898, occurred in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Thursday, November 10, 1898. It is considered a turning point in post-Reconstruction North Carolina…

In communities all across the country, travelers that went to the moon and back on Apollo 14 are living out their quiet lives.

Kim Il-Sung, communist leader of North Korea from 1948 until his death in 1994. He was the country’s premier from 1948 to 1972, chairman of its dominant Korean Workers’ Party from 1949, and president and head of state from 1972. Learn more about Kim’s life…

[Download for PDF/printable version of this article] When I started looking into this subject, I predicted a person’s physical attractiveness would only have minor advantages. I was wrong. In fact, I was so wrong, that in one study, the effects of physical…

The falling green characters at the beginning of all of the Matrix films have become perhaps the most recognisable visual from the film, signifying how everything in the franchise's universe is a

Cucumbers are known as one of the lightest and most refreshing fruits around. In fact, that old "cool as a cucumber" cliche isn't a joke at all.

American science fiction author and the founder of the Church of Scientology

Objects left on the Moon are not just abandoned rockets and rovers. There is a lot of historic and sentimental memorabilia. Some of it hints at a mission that the first Moonwalkers almost forgot.

Every time I go on a safari, I always see a few African elephants that don't have tusks, like this big adult female in the northern Serengeti.

American rock jam band

How did an out-of-work actor in Los Angeles and his two friends create a successful television series for less than $100? The story begins  in 2004, when Philadelphia-born Rob McElhenney, a working actor with a handful of credits (including a Law & Order…

Trofim Lysenko’s spurious research prolonged famines that killed millions. So why is a fringe movement praising his legacy?

Implanting mice with human astrocytes makes them demonstrably more intelligent than their non-human-hybrid peers.

Union Army officer

The Green House effect