In the Austrian Alps, a mother dedicates her heart and crisper drawer to a pet tortoise, lovingly captured by her son ...

For the men and boys of the Dom community in Varanasi, sacred cremations demand a lifetime of exhausting, dangerous labour ...

If an outright refusal feels rude but you don’t want to have to explain, here’s how to say ‘no’ the Japanese way ...

Chimpanzees favour the colour red. Junglefowl prefer symmetry. Our shared capacity for aesthetic pleasure is cause for wonder ...

Research suggests that people who express their gratitude more effusively are judged as lower status and less influential ...