In The Water-Babies, Charles Kingsley parodied the dogmatic belief held by many in Victorian England that faith and reason are incompatible.

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In the early twentieth century, reformers united with capitalists to promote high-interest lending, overthrowing opposition to usury rooted in Christian tradition.

Well-researched stories from Nautilus, SAPIENS, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

An anthropologist takes on pro-wrestling at the intersection of gig-economy precariousness and post-truth politics.

The leading songs from Wicked and Frozen emphasize the importance of self-determination and being true to oneself.

Yep. The author of Death of a Salesman and The Crucible wrote comedies as well. Funny ones.

The 2010 decision, enabling the rise of super PACS, made possible new and more covert mechanisms for funding election campaigns in the United States.

The breadfruit tree has coexisted with humans for more than three thousand years. Its future may depend on how strong of an ally humans can become to it.

The idea of an open polar sea haunted the imaginations of European explorers and scientists alike in the nineteenth century.