This article explores the fascinating and dark history of clowns. What about clowns throughout the ages has led to the common portrayal of them as evil?

“All the Pretty Horses,” “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men” were among his acclaimed books that explore a bleak world of violence and outsiders.

Having so much information at our fingertips is useful but seductive, easily fooling us into thinking we know more than we do.

The widespread presence of laboring children was a common sight in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.

Can coffee shops help you hack your brain?

Author Stephen King has offered his "Constant Readers" a warning for his new book which will return him to his horror roots.

Podcast Episode · Hidden Brain · 10/09/2023 · 52m

Salman Rushdie on what the books “Slaughterhouse-Five,” by Kurt Vonnegut, “Catch-22,” by Joseph Heller, and others tell us about the nature of war and humanity.

Juicy, flavor-packed, and impossibly tender, a sous vide steak is an extraordinary meal that you can make in your kitchen tonight, no special equipment required. And steak's just the beginning! There's no end to what you can achieve, from delicate fish to…

Sitting for too long is bad for your health. Here’s how to move your body throughout the day.

"Learning to rest well is actually hard. Why is that? And how can we rest better?" writes Alex Soojung-Kim Pang.

It turns us into the worst version of ourselves while convincing us that we’re at our best.

In Florence, on her first trip to Italy, 1994. All photographs courtesy of Jhumpa Lahiri.
My first conversations with Jhumpa Lahiri took place in Rome this past July, in her apartment near the Janiculum, above Trastevere. It was an extremely hot summer—one…

FOBO, or fear of a better option, means considering all the possible options for fear that you will miss out on the best one. It often leads to indecision.

The lack of men working to end gender inequality is both surprising and explainable. But for equality to win in the end, it must stop.

On 11th May 1949 Radio Bangkok announced to the world that from that day on Siam would be known as Thailand. But in fact this was the second time this name change had occurred within ten years and …