Society

• Inside scoop: The 2,500-year history of ice-cream
• What were books like in ancient Greece and Rome?
• I volunteer in a repair cafe: We can help you learn to fix your broken Christmas gift
• LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety—schools can do much more to teach it
• Heritage railway volunteers show how deep friendships can be formed without discussing emotions
• Screen time these holidays doesn't need to be a bad thing
• When AI recreates the female voice, it also rewrites who gets heard
• How young adult literature and philosophy can help provide better role models for masculinity
• Men embodying women in VR report strong emotional reactions to verbal harassment
• Music can affect your driving—but not always how you'd expect
• I love my friends … I do not love their kids
• Ancient Puebloans kept macaws and parrots in great houses for ceremonial use
• What 38 million obituaries reveal about how Americans define a 'life well lived'
• Chinchorro mummification may have originated as a form of art therapy, study suggests
• Just 5 minutes of training makes fake AI faces easier to spot