How Ursula Le Guin’s Writing Was Shaped by Anthropology
A connection can be made between the iconic writer’s science fiction and her father’s groundbreaking work in anthropology.
How Ursula Le Guin’s Writing Was Shaped by Anthropology
Mind
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Why Do We Wrap Presents?
Wrapping paper is a striptease that hides and reveals, transforming otherwise ordinary objects into gifts.
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Why Do So Many People Want to Die?
A veteran scholar contemplates the origins of the peculiarly human phenomenon of suicide.
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Learning to Trust Machines That Learn
What can studies of human relationships tell us about whether or not we should trust artificial intelligence?
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Why Humans Are So Smart—And So Stressed Out
Homo sapiens evolved big brains not so that we could make tools but so that we could keep track of 150 friends and competitors.
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The Perils and Privileges of an Amazonian Hallucinogen
Tourism based on consumption of the plant brew known as ayahuasca is booming, for better and for worse.