The role beards played in defining masculinity during the Renaissance.

How partisanship shapes voter decision-making and turnout.

Bernie Sanders is a democratic socialist, but just what is democratic socialism and where did it come from?

Every year, tens of thousands of pilgrims gather to celebrate the Christ of the Snow Star.

Are there a group of trick or treat sadists poisoning the candy they distribute on Halloween?

Prizes and awards are forms of cultural capital in prestige-making projects.

Read an excerpt from "War's Womanly Face," a book by the winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize Svetlana Alexievich about female Russian soldiers in World War II.

Shoplifting was defined as kleptomania and understood as a psychological condition, but only a some members of society..

We look at the role the federal government and private donors play in funding charter school networks.

Now that water has been discovered on Mars, the next step is to ensure we don't contaminate the planet with Earthly microbes and bacteria.