Often associated with stoic masculinity, Robert Falcon Scott's British Antarctic Expedition was in fact defined by cheerfulness and friendly homemaking.

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The field of neuroaesthetics uses neuroscience to understand how art affects our brains, both when we're making it and when we're viewing it.

How a 17th-century nun wrote poetry, dramas, and comedies that took on the inequities and double standards women faced in society.

Mohamed Morsi was elected president in 2012, in Egypt's first free elections. His death has put his brief presidency back in the spotlight.

“Little Mothers’ Leagues,” a program started by Dr. S. Josephine Baker at the turn of the last century, taught school-age girls to care for babies.

The first African-American recruits in the Marine Corps trained at Montford Point, eventually ending the military’s longstanding policy of racial segregation.

A snake’s ability to swallow enormous prey has long been a source of fascination, but the common explanation that they dislocate their jaws is a myth.

 Artisanal sea salt makers are reviving the ancient method of sustainably harvesting salt.

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