Napoleon didn't like sitting for portraits, and yet artists and mass market prints helped cement his legendary status.

A Curious Reader asks: How exactly does exposure to sunlight cause the the human body to synthesize Vitamin D3?

Cultural explanations for alcoholism have changed significantly throughout the years, sometimes blaming social problems, sometimes psychological.

A giant squid sighting has us wondering all over again: how on earth do deep-sea creatures get so large?

Can compassionate release laws solve the problem of the nearly 200,000 people aged 55 and older who are incarcerated in America?

Busing as a means used to end school segregation remains controversial. Does it work? The case of Norfolk, Virginia, is highly instructive.

Social media has made constant exposure a common experience. To learn how to deal with the attention, maybe we should look to the first celebrities.

Well-researched stories from Vice, Public Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

Over 20 countries have high-speed train travel, carrying 1.6 billion passengers a year. The United States is lagging behind.

This anthropologist's research on contemporary American society probes the tensions between business and art in the film world.