Gary Larson's The Far Side tackled several subjects over the years, though his particular take on music appealed to a number ...

David Remnick on Trump taking aim at Palestine. Plus: the Weeknd tests the limits of his villainous alter ego; how the tiger ...

Ramaswamy is right in saying that our culture should assign significant importance to academics. But he wholly misses why interpersonal abilities are so valued in American culture.

Although the Columbo actor turned down numerous offers to appear on The Simpsons, eventually, he was convinced to appear on Matt Groening’s other popular cartoon series, Futurama, because “I didn’t ...

Gary Shteyngart on the rodent winning hearts. Plus: putting a skeptic in charge of science; Michael Crichton’s lessons in tech; and a short documentary about a rebellious Iranian girl.

Our recent study, published in Developmental Science, shows this amazing ... or “dizalo”, was paired with a cartoon image – a jellyfish for lip words and a crab for tongue-tip words.

Their goal was to learn where a cartoon bag containing coins would appear ... different (i.e., watching a basketball game). In other words, we can look at data from a totally new person doing ...

New York Magazine wanted to avenge Trump’s victory by trying to ridicule his voters, but it hasn’t worked out well. It’s like when the wolf hatches a plan to ...

Art and science can be aligned in different ways. We describe one use of art as a tool: using ambiguity to evoke curiosity.

Our world today is gripped by a toxic attention deficit—from children to adults—that makes success more and more difficult to ...

What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word light? It’s likely some-thing with a positive association—like the phrase “see the light,” for example, or the proverbial lightbulb that ...

A new study reveals that 4-month-old babies can distinguish between languages by hearing different speech sounds. Contrary to ...