A new study has challenged the long-held belief that democratic governance was exclusively born in the classical Mediterranean world of Greece and Rome. By analyzing archaeological and historical ...
When we think of pre-modern governance, we often default to an image of concentrated authority: imposing rulers presiding over intricately layered hierarchies—pharaohs, emperors, and kings whose power ...
Recent research indicates a link between an animal’s gut bacteria and brain function. This may be true in humans, too.
Delhi University SOL students protested outside the DU job fair. Students share that they were later called to participate in ...
NFL Icons Who Quit Football for Wild New Careers. These aren’t your typical retirees sliding into coaching gigs or analyst ...
We discover, in the culminating acts of living, that the masks we wear are too thin to hide what lies beneath. Insecurities quiver. Rage slips through. Gossip wags the tongue.
Political attacks on teaching about gender in colleges and universities are about more than just gender: They are part of a ...
Live Science spoke with Herman Pontzer, an evolutionary anthropologist and author of the book "Adaptable," about the science of human diversity.
The researchers tested the tar against Staphylococcus aureus, a major cause of skin infections, and Escherichia coli, a ...
As the U.S. marks its semiquincentennial, Columbia News is reflecting on the story of a University that began before the ...
Across all recorded cultures, people have held strong beliefs that seemed to lack evidence in their favor – one might refer to them as “extraordinary beliefs.” For evolutionary anthropologists like me ...