You might be a superb host to human guests, but if an alien showed up on your doorstep looking for some hospitality, would your usual offerings be enough?

Why do overbearing, obnoxious people so often come out on top? What the story of a local celebrity in the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea reveals about the rise of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency.

The ancient Indian ascetic practice of detachment from worldly goods looks a little like modern simplicity—but appearances can be deceiving.

For the simplicity movement to effect meaningful social change, it needs to bridge the divides within.

To live more simply means getting off the treadmill of mindless consumerism.

Is the return to a simple life a “new” way to advertise our good qualities? An evolutionary perspective says yes.

The craving for simplicity comes from nostalgia for simpler times. But it is harmful to remember the past as “simple.”

We live our lives filled with wild contradictions. An anthropologist argues that it’s good we do.

Dreaming is an essential part of the way humans learn. But what happens when we dream while immersed in a foreign culture?

Being overweight is stigmatized in most countries around the world. But does obsessive talk about excess fat lead to weight reduction—or to cruel, useless shaming?