The people who chiseled Costa Rica's stone spheres out of granite belonged to a distinct Latin American culture called the Chibchan.

A more sympathetic look at Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexander Hamilton.

Einstein's groundbreaking theory of general relativity has remained an essential hallmark of modern physics.

Buying lottery tickets is a desperate measure when you are poor.

Former homeschoolers are speaking out about sexual abuse by the Duggars and other leaders in the Christian homeschooling movement.

You might be forgiven for thinking that the merry band of lexicographers at Oxford Dictionaries were trolling us ...

David Bowie died January 10th, two days after his 69th birthday and the release of his album Blackstar. 

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Anthropologists have been studying the habits of the homeless to better understand and improve their condition and needs. 

Theories from psychology, education, philosophy, and sociology, show how complex and subconscious the feeling of empathy can be.