According to one critic, the BBC documentary inspired more appreciation for HD television than it did for engaged environmentalism.

Harmonicas were invented in Europe in the 1820s as an aid for tuning pianos, but they didn't really take off until they crossed the Atlantic.

A music scholar suggests that Miles Davis combined the blues with the musical avant garde in a manner reflecting the integrationist spirit of the era.

New findings reveal that the Polish war officer who aided the American Revolution may have been intersex.

Two of the scientists on the huge team that eventually captured the world's first image of a black hole discuss the particular challenges of the task.

Sudan's former president Omar al-Bashir was indicted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and genocide. Why isn't he on trial?

Medical authorities wrote about leeches as if they sucked blood out of the goodness of their hearts.

The world's largest, deepest freshwater lake is home to hundreds of species that don't live anywhere else on Earth. But it's threatened by climate change.

Black America talks back to "The Good Gray Poet" at 200.

The famous Paris cathedral was built over many centuries, reflecting the growth and evolution of Paris itself.