We talk excitedly about meeting someone with whom we ‘click’ or ‘really hit it off.’ So why do so many of us hesitate...
Year: 2019
The irrelevance of the heart to love has been amply demonstrated by cardiac transplant surgeons. In William...
There is an Option C that benefits the wealthy and the not-so-much. A friend sent me an...
Historically, pleasure was not the only, or even the main, expectation from sex for women in a...
Rubbish excavated from brothels sheds light on sex workers’ lives in the 19th century. Despite the dangers,...
Trump is suspending U.S. participation in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and is beginning the process of...
Actual divorce allowing remarriage could only be granted by parliament. The government’s current consultation (closing on 10 December)...
The Exchange of Arrows Between Death and Cupid, ca. 1665–1701, Pierre Landry (publisher). Engraving. The Getty Research...
An interview with Mohsen Sazegara, exiled dissident, journalist and writer from Iran. When I sat down with...
Qajars first settled during the Mongol period in the vicinity of Armenia and were among the seven...
Imagining a love letter from Putin to Trump. Greetings from Moscow, dear Donald! It was nice seeing you...
A discussion of Avicenna’s 11th-century points of view on rabies and compare them with modern medical knowledge....
Among the first three manuscripts written in Persian, Akhawayni’s Hidayat al-muta’allemin fi al-tibb was the most significant work compiled...
The earliest remains of Persepolis date back to 515 BCE. It exemplifies the Achaemenid style of architecture....
Darius was the ruler of a multicultural empire, and he was willing to accept the gods of...
A measles outbreak is causing major concern in a Washington county where only 22 percent of children...
The pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and woo spreading across the world wreaks havoc on those that buy into it. News of anti-vaxxer movements,...
Rebecca Rego Barry on Dr. David Hosack, the doctor who attended Alexander Hamilton to his duel (and...
The illustrations in medieval herbals are beautiful and mysterious. But if you know how to read them,...
Yma Sumac’s career embodied many of the contradictions that emerge when the international desire to consume exoticism...
Analyzing how three maps of Barbados promoted a flattering image of British colonialism in the Caribbean. To...
Throughout history, individuals, states, or political factions have gained sovereignty over regions through the use of war....
As western civilization emerged, power struggles and technological advancements gave birth to new empires and saw their...
Elizabeth Van Lew was a Richmond, Virginia abolitionist and philanthropist who built and operated an extensive spy...
Congress formed secret committees to oversee intelligence operations in the fight against the British. Introduction American Intelligence...
Americans cannot lose faith in democracy even as they face the consequences of the current circumstances. Like...
The observation of the sky was of considerable importance to the Maya, Aztecs and other prehisanic peoles...
Since the beginning of humankind, the fascination with the celestial vault has been regarded as an important...
Pisistratus’s story as a tyrant of Athens offered a powerful script for interpreting Robespierre’s actions, and a...
Basville’s private correspondence reveals aspects of his character that deepen our understanding of the intendancy in the...