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Tracking down the killer appeal of the hit show Only Murders in the Building.

And how would we know? Let's ask the Enlightenment.

Focusing almost exclusively on nature, the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei expressed the philosophy of the Chan school.

The cult of relics dates back to the second and third centuries, when Christian martyrs were often killed in ways that fragmented the body.

Get inspired for Halloween with these hand-curated historical images from JSTOR's Open Community Collections!

These Florida mollusks make off with chloroplasts from algae and cleverly photosynthesize them for their own nutrition.

It’s hip, it’s happening, it’s wow, it’s now, it’s gone: RIP the paper dress, 1966–1968.

Trees in cities have the ability to sequester carbon, provide shade, and mitigate flooding. But no one tree fits all environments.

Hildegard von Bingen wrote medical texts describing how to prepare abortifacients.