By Stephen D. Foster, Jr. / 11.07.2016 This is not something that happens every day, but it’s...
Kwakwaka’wakw artist, Eagle Mask closed, late 19th c., from Alert Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, cedar...
Paper negative and paper print: Notre-Dame, Paris, about 1853, Charles Nègre. Waxed paper negative (left), 13 1/4...
Sheriff Joe Arpaio campaigning for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump earlier this year. (Photo: Mary Altaffer/AP) Right-wing...
NASA is about to launch six new next-generation Earth-observing small satellites — some as small as a...
By David Pescovitz / 11.07.2016 When you logged into AOL in the 1990s, you were greeted with...
Getting up early in the morning to the annoying sound of an alarm clock is one of...
Osmani Simanca, A Tarde, Brazil By E.J. Dionne, Jr. / 11.07.2016 Although Donald Trump’s defeat is a...
Alexander von Humboldt self-portrait. By Dr. Richard Gunderman Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy Indiana University...
By Joe Gandelman / 11.07.2016 Editor-in-Chief, The Moderate Voice The University of Virginia’s Larry Sabato, perhaps the...
By Gregory Rehmke Director of Educational Programs Free Enterprise Institute of Houston Greek art, architecture, literature, philosophy,...
Time to get up. / Shutterstock By Dr. Giles E. Duffield / 11.04.2016 Associate Professor in Biological...
Donald Trump is rushed off stage Saturday night by Secret Service at a rally in Reno, Nev....
By Dalai Lama / 11.06.2016 Profound yet simple wisdom for living a great life. 1. Take into...
A new treatment that might one day help all patients with haemophilia, including those that become resistant...
Federal Judge’s Emergency Ruling Puts End to ‘Insane’ Voter Suppression in North Carolina Voters line up during...
Conservators position a panel of Vasari’s The Last Supper vertically to align the edges of the joint....
The Cryogenic Air Storage and Fill Station (CryoASFS) is a zero-loss liquid-air storage station capable of rapidly...
Jon Ralston By Matt Osborne / 11.05.2016 With ABC’s national tracking poll showing a full rebound in...
By Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas What’s behind your choice to help another human being? Are you motivated by...
Wikimedia Commons 11.03.2016 Humans sometimes struggle to adjust to Daylight Saving Time, but just measuring the exact...
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks about the FBI inquiry into her emails during a campaign...
When driving at night, there’s nothing quite as annoying as being blinded by the full-beam headlights of...
If you want to keep a New Year’s resolution, says the research, start by changing your environment....
By E.J. Dionne, Jr. / 11.03.2016 Washington Post Columnist Will Missouri be the one state next Tuesday...
An illustration from Puck mocking William Jennings Bryan and his whistle stop tour (1896) By Dr. Charles...
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By Joe Clark / 11.02.2016 Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill has a big problem with increasing...
Luminous ‘Spirit’ Trumpet Why does one of the world’s great research libraries have ‘ectoplasm’, a spirit trumpet...
Chamber in Cappuccini Catacombs with Earth from Palestine, Rome, ca. 1900, Underwood and Underwood, Bert Underwood. Gelatin...