'Temptress' Eve, 'prostitute' Mary Magdalene – and the awkward truth about women in The Bible

Apr 07, 2016 03:03 am UTC| Life

The most well-known female biblical characters feel familiar to us because theyre so embedded within our culture. These women are represented in film, music videos, couture collections and featured in everything from plays...

No garden? Five creative ways city dwellers can still grow their own

Apr 05, 2016 13:18 pm UTC| Life Nature

With more people than ever living in cities, how do we reconcile our need for fresh fruit and vegetables with the challenges of life in an urban environment where the time and space for gardening are...

Why did early human societies practice violent human sacrifice?

Apr 04, 2016 23:53 pm UTC| Life

Illustration of ritualised human sacrifice in traditional Hawaiian culture, as documented by the French explorer and artists Jaques Arago in 1819. Arago, Jacques. (1822). Promenade autour du monde: pendant les années...

'What has happened to the American Dream?'

Apr 04, 2016 23:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Up for discussion on Tuesday at 11 PM Eastern/10 PM Central on PBS and at pbs.org is the health of the American Dream. Is it dead or alive? University of Texas Austins Mechele Dickerson has been researching three of...

What's the backlash against gender-neutral bathrooms all about?

Apr 04, 2016 16:38 pm UTC| Life Politics

Last week North Carolina became the first state to pass a law requiring transgender individuals (including students) to use only bathrooms that match their biological (rather than identified) gender. They did so in...

The Witch - excellent supernatural fodder

Apr 03, 2016 23:25 pm UTC| Life

There havent been many films about witches in recent years. Stories explicitly scapegoating women as mad and hysterical seem to have fallen out of favour in popular culture, even if this tendency continues to clandestinely...

How to write a best-selling novel

Apr 02, 2016 03:32 am UTC| Life

So you want to write a novel? Of course you do. Everyone wants to write a novel at some stage in their lives. While youre at it, why not make it a popular bestseller? Who wants to write an unpopular worstseller? Therefore,...