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Wilson draws on the work of researchers like Russell Belk (on “the extended self”), Paul Rozin (on magical thinking), and Marcel Mauss (on gift-giving) to help us understand why we invest so much meaning in material things.

Late-night hosts recounted the president’s latest alarming behaviour from threatening elected officials with jail to demanding a Nobel peace prize

Drawing on his experience in the technology sector, poet Randall Mann discloses how much he can't disclose.

Two cutting-edge researchers examine the scourge of anti-science.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another deserves all the hype it’s getting. Run, don’t walk, to this thrilling, hilarious, moving, and all too prescient portrait of American radicals on the run from right-wing authoritarians.

The Trump administration is decrying diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The move is hurting communities and undermining its own goals for agriculture.

How is a straightforward Apple TV+ series that condemns white supremacists controversial?

Poet Tony Hoagland commemorates the transition from innocence to knowledge, from privilege to guilt.

Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge.

New research has found that miniscule pieces of plastic dotting cropland could be hurting the photosynthesis process and leading to lower yields.