Busts of Sokrates, Antisthenes, Chrysippos, Epikouros / Photo by Matt Neale, Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Philip A. Pecorino / 08.22.2015...
Achilles sacrificing to Zeus for Patroclus’ safe return, from the Ambrosian Iliad, a 5th-century illuminated manuscript. / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Gregory...
Pencil drawing of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from 1843 / Historisches Museum in Hanau, Wikimedia Commons Exploring...
‘Man Combating Ignorance’ – what’s science’s role? Century of Progress Records, 1927-1952, University of Illinois at Chicago Library, CC...
By Dr. Richard Aspin / 11.03.2016 Head of Research Wellcome Library Almanacs have a long association...
By Dr. Christina Karns / 12.19.2017 Associate Researcher Brain Development Lab University of Oregon When you think...
By Dr. James Fieser / 04.01.2011 Professor of Philosophy University of Tennessee at Martin INTRODUCTION A driver’s education instructor...
Édouard Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, oil on canvas, 1882 (Courtauld Gallery, London) By Dr. Parme Giuntini...
A toy truck left at a tombstone in a Montreal cemetery. Marc Bruxelle/Shutterstock.com By Dr. Jenna Drenten /...
Buppha Wuttifery/Getty Images Wrapping paper is a striptease that hides and reveals, transforming otherwise ordinary objects into...
View of Florence (detail), Unknown Artist, Madonna della Misericordia, 1342 (Museo del Bigallo, Florence) By Dr. Joanna Milk...
Red roses in the Getty’s garden and as a detail in All Saints from the Spinola Hours, about 1510–20,...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (left) and David Hume (right) / University of Houston, Creative Commons By Amy Cools /...
Creative Commons By Dr. James Fieser / 04.01.2011 Professor of Philosophy University of Tennessee at Martin INTRODUCTION In the...
Seated Figure, terracotta, 13th century, Mali, Inland Niger Delta region, Djenné peoples, 25/4 x 29.9 cm (The...
Dying Achilles (Achilleas thniskon) in the gardens of the Achilleion / Photo by Dr.K., Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Gregory Nagy...
Terracotta fragments, Lapita people, c. 1000 B.C.E., red-slip earthenware, Santa Cruz Islands, south-east of Solomon Islands (Department...
Standing Male Worshipper (votive figure), c. 2900-2600 B.C.E., Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq), gypsum alabaster, shell, black...
Drawing of Alexander von Humboldt’s concept of Naturgemälde: “a microcosm in one page.” Published in Alexander von Humboldt...
“I’m a Dylan professor and a Dylan fan,” says Harvard Professor Richard Thomas, who teaches a popular...
Illuminated illustration of the Ptolemaic geocentric conception of the Universe by Portuguese cosmographer and cartographer Bartolomeu Velho...
Left: Pedestaled krater, c. 800-770 B.C.E., 55.5 cm high, Greek, Geometric period, Rhodes. Right: Jug with a griffin-head spout,...
PublicDomainImages, Pixabay, Creative Commons By Dr. John Perry / 10.22.2016 Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus Stanford...
Analyzing the genetics of ancient humans means changing ideas about our evolution. By Gaia Vince / 03.07.2017...
By Dr. Shirley V. Svorny / 11.15.2017 Professor of Economics California State University Executive Summary One of...
Researchers have published details of the largest collection of artefacts from an early English coffeehouse ever discovered....
Priest receiving communion before altar (detail), Master of the Church Fathers’ Border, The Mass of Saint Gregory, late...
Women’s reproductive rights are under attack across the globe. Sophie Cousins investigates the challenges women face in...
Could understanding canine compulsions help find new treatments for people with obsessive–compulsive disorders too? By Shayla Love /...
Out of the blue, Vanessa Potter lost her sight. As she recovered, her senses mingled – hearing and touch...