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Why is Donald Trump doing what he is doing?” This is the question raised by European intelligentsia these days as they try to recover from the shock of the American presidential election which they ...

Early versions of Social Studies 10a syllabi feature many of the same thinkers taught today: Hobbes, John Locke ... check, Harvard Art Museums tote bag, check. Student programming can sometimes ...

Philosopher John Rawls dared to envision what a truly good and fair society would look like. It doesn’t look anything like us ...

Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for March 2025 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of ...

We all have fixations, but everyone knows someone whose super-sized preoccupation leaves you thinking, “That is way too ...

Grand portraiture is a minefield for some noteworthy hair. Portraitists such as Thomas Gainsborough and Anthony Van Dyck paid ...

The COVID-19 pandemic showed in real time, and with the highest of stakes, how hard it can be to decide if something is true. Was the virus transmitted via surfaces or airborne particles? Which drugs ...

Astrophysicist and artist Ed Belbruno explains how art helps scientists communicate their work to the public and even ...