Last December, as 22-year-old Taj Peterson was walking home from a party in his Brooklyn neighborhood, he was jumped by a dozen men and... Read More

Last Saturday history was made: Michael Sam, a defensive end from the University of Missouri, became the first openly gay football player to be... Read More

This article is part of Carl Coon’s “A Short History of Evolution” series. Click here to see all the articles in this series. Recapitulation... Read More

In this episode, Bo interviews Dr. Bart Ehrman, the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and... Read More

Lots of people lose their religious faith and just keep quiet about it. They have great reasons for doing so. Entire communities and family... Read More

“Do you consider yourself a feminist?” It’s an interview question being asked of all the young actresses these days. Especially those starring in dystopian... Read More

Gratitude is a universal feeling, as is the notion that sometimes you just get lucky. Religion isn’t required to feel grateful for life’s unexpected... Read More

To call it a disappointment would be an understatement. Last week’s ruling from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) in the case of Doe... Read More

As a restless teenager, the Swedish-born physicist Max Tegmark wrote code for a shareware game that made him enough pocket change to travel the... Read More

Did you try last week’s puzzle? Find the answers below! Special thanks to our puzzle creator, Dan Mason. Dan creates puzzles for the Williamsport... Read More