They’re big in elementary school, but unicorn tableaux also have a complex iconographic history that combines religious and secular myths.

These rare creatures have by turn—and somewhat paradoxically—been associated with purity, fertility, seduction, healing, sacrifice, immortality, and divinity.

The debate over what counts as authentic Mexican food may be moot when there are 7,000 Taco Bells around the world.

Well-researched stories from Atlas Obscura, The Guardian, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

According to one scholar, the military sees training in this obsolete weapon as helpful on the modern battlefield.

When Rome burned in 192 CE, the city's vibrant community of scholars was devastated. The physician Galen described the scale of the loss.

Created in Victorian England, the earliest public parks were on a civilizing mission.

Before "local" became a foodie obsession, small groups of women published collections of their own recipes. And still do!

But one thing has been constant: the tendency to call some foods better for you than others.

Emitting just 1 ton of nitrous oxide—a common ingredient in synthetic fertilizer—is roughly equivalent to emitting 300 tons of carbon dioxide.