A new poll suggests many of us feel Christmas is becoming a little too commercial.

// Dec. 25, 2015 - 22:45 GMT

The debate over how societies should balance civil liberties and national security takes on even greater relevance these days, with the world rocked by terror attacks on unsuspecting civilians.

// Dec. 18, 2015 - 23:53 GMT

With the migrant issue challenging Europe, there is a rising concern with how the inflow of migrants can impact European identity.

// Dec. 11, 2015 - 23:20 GMT

Cases of malnutrition and other diseases prevalent during the Victorian era are once again on the rise in England.

// Dec. 04, 2015 - 23:05 GMT

Over the past century, the average IQ in industrialized countries has risen to keep pace with the complexity of modern life.

// Nov. 13, 2015 - 22:32 GMT

Worldwide wealth inequality keeps growing, according to a new Global Wealth report by the Zurich-based Credit Suisse bank.

// Nov. 07, 2015 - 22:08 GMT

Moscow was recently ranked by a US-based travel magazine as the worldâ™s most unfriendly city. </p>

// Oct. 23, 2015 - 22:44 GMT

Using a new technique to analyze 52 years of international conflict, researchers suggest that there may be no such thing as a “democratic peace”. In addition, a model developed with this new technique was found to predict international conflict in the future better than any existing model.

// Oct. 09, 2015 - 21:27 GMT

We live in a media-dominated society. World view is increasingly shaped by news-bites and entertainment offered by electronic and print media.

// Oct. 02, 2015 - 21:32 GMT

The growing urge on the part of millions of Americans to investigate their roots has spawned a billion-dollar genealogy industry that is still growing by leaps and bounds. It has been said that genealogy sites are among the most frequently visited.

// Sep. 25, 2015 - 20:10 GMT