Misogyny is supposedly rampant in modern society, but where, exactly, does it lurk? For decades, researchers have hunted for evidence of overt discrimination against women as well as subtler varieties ...

Jessica tells us more about the the making of Tempest and the world that inspired it. Felicity Carter: Was there a story or image from folklore that you kept coming back to while ...

Molly Fischer's New Yorker analysis examines whether Costco can maintain its reputation for exceptional employee treatment under third-generation leadership. She traces founder Jim Sinegal's 2011 ...

Your birth year determines your full retirement age, and claiming benefits too early means permanently reduced monthly payments. Chainsaw recalled nationwide from Home Depot—"Immediately stop using" ...

Nicolas Kristof has been a longtime critic of Israel. Most recently, he has aggressively promoted notions that Israeli policies created Sudan-like hunger problems in Gaza, and that there has been ...

A psychologist has explained precisely what 'mixed dementia' means in an effort to clarify a common misconception. Dr Kelynn Lee, CEO of the Dementia Care Hub, has dedicated her career to researching ...

With the clocks having gone back, we're now heading firmly towards winter as the weather has taken a colder turn over recent weeks. It means millions of households are firing up the heating and ...

The Last Judgement (detail), by Michelangelo. Sistine Chapel, Vatican. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Michelangelo/Public Domain Plato concluded the ten books of the Republic with the myth of Er, which ...

Myths come in many shades. Some notions are baldly incorrect: There is no evidence that humans use only 10 percent of their brains, for instance. Then there are misconceptions that contain a modicum ...

Chinese martial arts fantasy film directed by Stanley Tong, who also wrote the film alongside Li Haishu and Wang Hui-ling, and produced by Jackie Chan. The film stars Chan with a supporting cast of ...