Every generation invents its own idea of virtue. Ours wakes up early, announces it loudly, and expects applause before breakfast. Somewhere between the ice bath and the smoothie, discipline stopped ...

For the most part, I congratulate myself on being relatively competent at managing technology. I don’t have an overwhelming ...

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Essentially, opera is an art form that is nearly entirely reliant on donations. The top opera companies pull anywhere between ...

Reza Pahlavi may be the figurehead of the monarchists, but he does not represent most of the 92 million people of Iran.

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Jessica Mary Bradley currently receives funding from the British Academy / Leverhulme Trust in collaboration with Wellcome. Abigail Parrish does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding ...

Very few people get to invent a new language that is heard by millions: DW talked to linguist Paul Frommer about how he developed the "Avatar" aliens' language. "It's been quite a remarkable event in ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since ...

I don’t normally tackle controversial issues, but today I’m going out on a limb. Baths are better than showers. I don’t care what my husband, Peter, or my mother and father have to say on the subject.

“Who is Madeline?” asks my daughter. We’ve been singing that new Lily Allen song all morning—“Da da da da da da da who’s Madeline?”; we can’t get it out of our heads. How should I answer? Madeline ...

My sister and I told my mother we were throwing her a party for her 90th birthday. “Not everyone knows I’m 90!” she said. “Well, it’s good we tell them,” I said. “We told everyone that Dad turned 90 ...