For the men and boys of the Dom community in Varanasi, sacred cremations demand a lifetime of exhausting, dangerous labour ...

Research suggests that people who express their gratitude more effusively are judged as lower status and less influential ...

Knowing the reasons people opt not to know – and the consequences of that choice – could help us see when it’s problematic ...

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If an outright refusal feels rude but you don’t want to have to explain, here’s how to say ‘no’ the Japanese way ...

What studying people without a ‘mind’s eye’ reveals about the role of imagery in the experience of emotion and memory ...

Swapping office work for the herding life, Adham finds a sublime freedom in the rugged terrain of the Pyrenees ...

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A Norwegian filmmaker turns the lens on herself to reflect on the complications of grieving her estranged, abusive father ...