The Banaras Hindu University, founded by Madan Mohan Malaviya, blazed a trail as it blended East with West.

A new study on the early pioneers of abstraction found that artists with diverse social networks were most famous, regardless of the creativity of their work.

‘Eat local’ is a common recommendation to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet. But transport tends to account for a small share of greenhouse gas emissions. How does the impact of what you eat compare to where it’s come from?

A visual introduction to probability and statistics.

Perseverance, the Fermi Paradox, and the Great Filter.

The conventional wisdom about how to spot a liar is all wrong.

Why does the Chinese Communist Party, which actively curtails the rights of those who live under its rule, still have the support of its people? What exactly is the relationship between the Chinese people and their government? And why might a Western observer of China be obscured from the Chinese point of view? Kaiser Kuo answers these questions and more in the context of recent history, showing us what the world looks like through Beijing’s windows and the extent to which Beijing’s worldview is shared by China’s citizenry. If you need one article to explain why contemporary China is the way it is, this is it.

An analysis of recent Morning Consult poll results found that Gen Zers currently between ages 13 and 23 are less likely than the general population to identify as sports fans.