The display of exquisite samurai armor in Oklahoma highlights the importance of aesthetics to Japan's famed fighters ...

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Note the print on the right of The Witch, a 15th-century painting that Catherine Martin learned about studying for an ...

So what kind of movies were we all watching a quarter of a century ago? Looking back on the year 2000 in film, it turned out to be quite an eclectic selection. We had landmark historical epics, ...

A new exhibition in London traces the evolution of tarot from Renaissance Italy to the present day, with the card designs ...

Many people date partners roughly their age, but some people have quite large age gaps in their relationships. However, there has not been a lot of systematic psychological research to find out ...

A Revolutionary War era officer’s sword that was owned by Brigadier General William Skinner from Perquimans County. Skinner was a member of the General Assembly, Provincial Congress, North ...

Among other mandates, the Clinton-era order entailed consistent enforcement of all health and environmental statutes, along with improved research of the well-being of “minority and low-income ...

Watch the trailer for The Age of Disclosure, the documentary directed and produced by Dan Farah that just got a prime opening weekend slot at SXSW.This comes on the heels of bi-partisan ...

Justine Calma is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home, a podcast ...

For a long time, the period after the fall of the Western Roman Empire was known as the Dark Ages. Supposedly, it was a time of cultural and economic decline, when the continent was splintered into ...