A mysterious form of plague that spread across Eurasia thousands of years before the Black Death has finally revealed a crucial clue. Scientists analyzing ancient DNA discovered the bacterium Yersinia ...

One of my abiding memories of the politics class at my high school was when we learnt about Shulamith Firestone (1945–2012), the feminist and author of The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist ...

The Neo-Latin theater play "Cenodoxus" (1602) by Jakob Bidermann is now only known to some researchers in Latin and German ...

As Hollywood gigs dry up, some actors have found a steady side hustle playing 'standardized patients' in hospitals to train ...

The tool, offered by the recently-rebranded company Superhuman, gives feedback based on the work of famous dead and living ...

The Grammarly "Expert Review" feature uses AI to provide feedback on papers using the name and work of real professors, dead ...

In case we don’t get the point, Orlean (author of 'The Orchard Thief' and 'The Library Book'), reminds us numerous times that she falls into one of two categories of writers: “those who have something ...

HeLa cells are the most famous human cells in science. Discover how cervical cancer, HPV proteins, and bioethics shaped one ...

Wardship was an integral part of medieval feudalism—common wherever people had wealth to pass down, Sykes explains. It gradually became codified, evolving into “a practice shaped by law but also by ...

The current library hall was completed in 1767, designed by architect Peter Thumb in an ornate Rococo style. Inside, walnut wood floors are patterned with star motifs dating back to the 18th century.

Students in Joe Glynias' first-year seminar this semester are learning about the long history of ascetic practices in the medieval Middle ...

"Ring Around the Rosie," or "Ring-a-Ring o' Rosie," as it's referenced in the U.K., has been part of the Mother Goose ...