Neither banning nor recycling will rid us of Styrofoam. Can we live without it?

Well-researched stories from The New York Times, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

Los Angeles's bountiful agricultural land was devoured by runaway suburbanization, a process which began long before the post-war era.

An ancient ball game called Ulama is making a comeback in Mexico. What do we know about the earlier iteration of the game?

In a perplexing recent study, researchers dosed octopuses. Turns out, scientists have long studied the similarities between cephalopod and human brains.

A hundred years ago, it was quite common for working-class children to roam the streets freely at night.

Though he was once dismissed as a dilettante, naturalist Francis Willughby was in fact part of the vanguard of observation-based modern science.

Overfishing is a huge problem in international waters. Some suggest a fishing ban. Others stress a shared shift toward cooperation and long-term thinking.

The Falnama, or Book of Omens, combined apocalyptic representations from many sources. Say a prayer, ask your question, and flip to a random page.

Sociologists find that sports are inextricably intertwined with the people, countries, and politics surrounding them.