History

Squeeze Play

Squeeze Play

It might not be obvious why filmmakers traveled to a remote valley near Colombia's Caribbean coast, a...

Beneath the Surface

Beneath the Surface

The frugal Winslow Homer was at his most parsimonious with words—especially when asked to reveal his...

Welcome to Your World

Welcome to Your World

A strong current swept in a bounty of jellyfish that September day, along with an irresistible opportunit...

Lunar Living

Lunar Living

The unassuming log cabin has long symbolized the American drive to tame and settle the frontier. But...

Showcasing Shams

Showcasing Shams

Salvatore Casillo should be a happy man. The museum he runs in southern Italy—Museo del Falso—recent...

Wayne Thiebaud Is Not a Pop Artist

Wayne Thiebaud Is Not a Pop Artist

Among the familiar Wayne Thiebaud paintings on display at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento—the s...

Ivory Merchant

Ivory Merchant

Among the more than 3,000 songs that Irving Berlin wrote was a tune called "I Love a Piano." A lyric...

Curves Ahead

Curves Ahead

Among his collections of birds' nests, seashells and gnarled sticks in artist Ted Muehling's Manhattan...

True Colors

True Colors

To find out what the Greek gods looked like, it would seem reasonable to start in Room 18 of the British...

On the Job: Choreographer

On the Job: Choreographer

Meeting Lori Belilove, founder of the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation, can be eerie for anyone familiar...

Llanelly: An abandoned Welsh town in Australia

Llanelly: An abandoned Welsh town in Australia

A two-hour drive north-west from Melbourne is a historical town where, for decades, the local language...

Propaganda, Idealism, and Subculture: The Evolution of Che Guevara's Image in Chinese Cultural Memory

Propaganda, Idealism, and Subculture: The Evolution of Che Guevara's Image in Chinese Cultural Memory

AbstractBeing a worldwide popular icon, the Argentine Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara ha...

What Is Cinco de Mayo? History and Facts

What Is Cinco de Mayo? History and Facts

Celebrated every May 5, the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo was originally held in  memory of a famous...

Mathematician predicted violent upheaval in 2020 all the way back in 2012

Mathematician predicted violent upheaval in 2020 all the way back in 2012

In 2012, University of Connecticut ecologist, evolutionary biologist and mathematician Peter Turchin...

What are Homo sapiens?

What are Homo sapiens?

Homo sapiens is a species of highly intelligent primate that includes all living humans, who are often...

The Dutch city with a constantly changing name

The Dutch city with a constantly changing name

Article continues belowThe historical Oldehoofsterkerkhof square in Leeuwarden, the capital of the provin...

Scientists condemn racism and take action with #StrikeforBlackLives this week

Scientists condemn racism and take action with #StrikeforBlackLives this week

This Wednesday (June 10), thousands of people in the science community will #ShutDownAcademia, #ShutDownS...

Root of Humanity's Belief in Evil Possibly Found

Root of Humanity's Belief in Evil Possibly Found

Where did the spiritual concept of evil originate? One possible explanation might be people's attempts...

Santo Domingo: The city that kept slavery silent

Santo Domingo: The city that kept slavery silent

Thick red-brick walls towered over me as I made my way inside the gated 16th-Century ruins of Hospit...

Analyzing Female Gender Roles in Marvel Comics from the Silver Age (1960) to the Present

Analyzing Female Gender Roles in Marvel Comics from the Silver Age (1960) to the Present

Comic books, a form of American popular culture, offer a window into the past, allowing researchers to...