For the past few years, Gov. Ron DeSantis and GOP legislators have been on a censorship tear that would make 17th-century book-burners offer a round of Puritanical applause. They’ve targeted books ...

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A conversation with Kwame Anthony Appiah about the religious origins of social theory and his recent book Captive Gods. The philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah’s latest book, Captive Gods: Religion and ...

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Faculty at the Florida International University are raising alarms that a new state-mandated curriculum for a sociology course “does not accurately represent the field” and that a new textbook edited ...

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The largest-ever study of dog behavior, tracking more than 47,000 pets, reveals how breed, size, sex, and age shape canine traits. It provides insights that could help identify early signs of illness ...

Human behavior is a tapestry woven from culture, environment, and biology. Among the most intriguing aspects of this tapestry is risk-taking—those bold, sometimes reckless decisions that can lead to ...