Most people who meet a new acquaintance, or merely pass someone on the street, need only a glance to categorize that person as a particular race. But, sociologist Asia Friedman wondered, what can we ...

It can be enjoyable to read the extreme categorizations people make on social media, if you can stay objective and understand the misguided attempts to put everyone in a box of whatever sort and keep ...

What makes a person appear beautiful? Several prominent theories—dating back to Galton (1879)—have suggested that there is “beauty in averageness.” That is, a person with a more diverse gene pool is ...