In 1975, a skinny Hampshire College kid making his first movie, a documentary about rural life in the early 1800s, hauled his ...

Ancient Greek thinkers, from Hesiod to Plato, and later Rousseau saw in the noble savage a vision of lost divine harmony and ...

In this excerpt from "Sink or Swim," author Susannah Fisher explores the future of human migration, and what that will look ...

U.S. News & World Report's Top 10 Best Places To Retire highlights some unexpected places—especially the No. 1–ranked city.

As an individual facing today’s wars and geopolitical complexity—witnessing so much suffering—I often feel powerless and sad; ...

Bill Gates is correct to call for greater effort to alleviate human suffering. However, that neither requires nor justifies less effort to protect the atmosphere and the other environmental assets ...

Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner’s upcoming book is a philosophical exploration of the humanity behind our desire to find aliens.

In her latest check-in with the Boston Public Art Triennial, WBUR's Amelia Mason visited Charlestown and Mattapan and saw two ...

Humans are the only species that opts to fight against biological presets, miserably dragging ourselves out of bed at ...

Alex is said to have mastered 100 words and even asked questions – something that’s almost unheard of in non-human animals.

Gates’ argument, which was at once reported around the world, has resonated not only because having spent more money than ...

Female Aedes mosquitoes signal that copulation can proceed by subtly extending their genitalia. Female mosquitoes that ...