For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...
Understanding of these four parts [breasts, clitoris, hymen, and womb] has changed over time—positing at some times that ...
Trump's assertions of broad, unchecked executive power are a predictable result of the court's "immunity" decision ...
How to revive an 18th-century upstate farmhouse without resorting to cliché? By pretending a made-up person lives there too.
Lost manuscripts written by the famous Greek mathematician Apollonius of Perga were discovered in the Netherlands. The ...
The manuscript had been forgotten in the library, part of a collection acquired by Dutch Orientalist and mathematician Jacob ...
Here's a woodcut illustration that has been regarded as the 'earliest known image of a coffeehouse'. This piece is from 1674 ...
The role of the ultra-wealthy has morphed from one of shared social responsibility and patronage to the freewheeling ...
The 17th-century, red-brick English stately home of Blickling Hall, built to withstand months of rain and cold, is isolated by a surrounding moat and acres of pristine gardens and woodland. Over the ...
Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...
Rakesh Ramchurn reports on an exhibition exploring how Islamic art influenced the work of the pioneering British designer ...
Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...