The extreme right wing has brought the discredited idea of eugenics back into the national conversation. Brave New World and Gattaca offer perspective.

Privacy activists have been sounding alarms over the news that ISPs will now be able to sell data on their customers’ web browsing and app usage.

What did Americans think of World War I before the US entered the conflict 100 years ago? “Public opinion” was no more universal in 1917 than it is today.

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In the early part of the twentieth century, most middle-class American homes had at least one servant. Then the "servant problem" arose.

The backfire effect is when people double-down on their beliefs even when these beliefs are shown to be factually incorrect.

Jeanette Rankin was the first woman to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. And she once tried to outlaw war.

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Should P.G. Wodehouse, creator of the ditzy Wooster and inimitable Jeeves, be considered an American humorist as well as a master of British farce?

What do advances in AI, VR, and robotics mean for doctors? In the case of medicine, perhaps it's better to ask what technology can't do.