For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, ...

For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, ...

Seventy-five years after its first publication date, The Grapes of Wrath is still a staple in most American classrooms. Is that because we haven’t yet written anything that does a better job of ...

An interview with Charles C. Mann about the roots of modern environmentalism and the fate of the human species. Here’s the thing about successful species: Eventually, they all wipe themselves out.

So Jones grew alarmed when, soon after starting at DePaul in the fall of 2007, at age 27, she began having trouble retaining things she had just read. She also struggled to memorize the new characters ...

Tree cover loss in the tropics was outweighed by tree cover gain in subtropical, temperate, boreal, and polar regions. Despite ongoing deforestation, fires, drought-induced die-offs, and insect ...

The agency’s reported investigation of rapper Meek Mill’s latest prison sentence seems to be an exception to a rule. The story of Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill’s latest prison sentence isn’t over yet.

Thomas Day just wanted to find a wife. He had tried all the usual ways—Day had been educated at Oxford and met plenty of eligible young women, sisters of his peers, including one to whom he became ...

Research has found that migrants and refugees don’t spread diseases to host populations, though migrants themselves are often at higher risk of illness because of poor living conditions. One of the ...

Thanks to a recent paper in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, we finally have some answers for why Americans work so hard. Why do we work the way we do? For years Americans have been ...

In low, pharmaceutical-grade doses, meth may actually repair and protect the brain in certain circumstances. D-methamphetamine is what generally appears on the street—although it’s often cut with ...

Nearly 45 years after they put the female superhero on the cover of Ms. magazine’s first issue, the players behind the cover consider its impact, and the new movie. None of this hand-wringing is new: ...