New research has identified a dinosaur "mummy zone" in a series of ravines near Lusk, Wyoming. It's produced two mummies of a fleshy dinosaur with ...

Mapmakers of the 19th century sought to render both the natural and political worlds with clarity and beauty.

A period of rapid social, political, and aesthetic change, the French nineteenth century saw the emergence of play as a hallmark of modern life. Paris’s expansive public parks, its numerous theatres ...

Since ancient times, women all over the world have used a variety of methods for contraception. Prior to the introduction of the Pill, however, choices were limited and existing methods were less than ...

Though slavery had such a wide variety of faces, the underlying concepts were always the same. Slaves were considered property, and they were property because they were black. Their status as property ...