Research suggests that crying is not a sign of weakness, but one of the most sophisticated social technologies in the natural world.

I never thought about this question before the 2024 Olympic Games. I was so impressed by track-and-field sprinter Noah Lyles, who appeared to be his own personal hype-man. He clinched the gold in the ...

Researchers found that the more time bears were off the ice, the more likely they were to approach human sites.

This Pew Research Center report examines religious switching in the United States, including the reasons people give for staying in or leaving their childhood religion. It also looks at social and ...

Everyone has heard that it’s vital to get seven to nine hours of sleep a night, a recommendation repeated so often it has become gospel. Get anything less, and you are more likely to suffer from poor ...

In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of Kyle Chayka’s column, Infinite Scroll. Chayka will return in March. Forty years ago, Bill Weiss, a student at Columbia ...