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Michaela Rehle/Reuters What Makes Men Fathers
Dads reflect on the unexpected moments that defined them as parents.
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centralasian/flickr Have Compassion for Yourself
How one author breaks the cycles of self-loathing
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Robert F. Bukaty/AP Male Scientists' Threat to the Integrity of Research
A new study shows that the mere scent of men can skew the results of animal tests.
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Mike Segar/Reuters Slimming Down Alone, Together
Weight loss is often framed as a personal endeavor, but the best outcomes stem from group efforts.
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Stephen Lovekin/Getty Youth, Maturity, and Physicality in New Classical Ballet
One dancer has been at the forefront of the field's aesthetic and demographic shifts. Misty Copeland on immaturity at the peak of one's physical abilities.
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Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters How Actors Create Emotions: A Problematic Psychology
Fully inhabiting the mind, mannerisms, and reality of a fictional character can be as alienating as it is rewarding.
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mynameisharsha/flickr Life as a Nonviolent Psychopath
Neuroscientist James Fallon discovered through his work that he has the brain of a psychopath, and subsequently learned a lot about the role of genes in personality and how his brain affects his life.
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Vintage Cigarette Ads: Watch the Glamour Fade
It was 50 years ago this month the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health shed new light on the direct links between smoking and public health.
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Jon Stuyvesant When Minority Students Attend Elite Private Schools
Many parents of color send their children to exclusive, predominantly white schools in an attempt to give their kids a "ticket to upward mobility." But these well-resourced institutions can fall short at nurturing minority students emotionally and intellectually.
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Everett Collection/Shutterstock Women Smiling With Turkeys
The halcyon days have passed. Stock photos remind us of a darker time, when the best thing to do with your turkey was to throw on a set of pearls and get glamorous.
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David L. Chapman/Arsenal Pulp Press Hunks: How Ripped Became an Ideal
A historic look at images of masculinity
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Reuters 32 Republicans Who Caused the Government Shutdown
Meet the House conservative hardliners.
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_andytaylor/flickr The Town Where the Men Are All Marked
A Q&A with Jesmyn Ward, author of the hard-hitting new memoir Men We Reaped.
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Tim Wimborne/Reuters An App to Help Women Avoid Street Harassment
The challenges of collecting data on where people do and don't feel safe.
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Kick-Ass 2 Isn't Afraid to Tackle Any Subject, Except Rape
The new movie tries to laugh away a jarring topic with a shrug and gag akin to a fart joke.
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Father vs. Daughter: How In a World Rejects the 'Daddy's Little Girl' Cliche
It's one of the first films to show a father and daughter competing against one another professionally.
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Women and Luxury Products: How a New Study Brings Up Old Anxieties
A new paper seems to perpetuate tired, depressing stereotypes about women and money. Is there anything redeeming about it?
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How Sheryl Swoopes's Pregnancy Changed Professional Sports Forever
Before her, hardly any female athletes had given birth mid-career. Sixteen years later, it's relatively normal.
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The Fate of Today's TV Mistresses: Not Death, but Shame
Women who have affairs in Scandal and Mistresses face terible social consequences.
