It might not sound like a shocking conclusion, but there was surprisingly little research on the question.

And vice versa.

For centuries, people thought nothing of crowding family members or friends into the same bed.

The historian William Dalyrmple's new book, The Anarchy, indicts the East India Company for "the supreme act of corporate violence in world history."

Strong, stable, and conductive at one atom thick, graphene has amazing potential in a variety of applications. But is hype all the material has?

From colonial times to the nineteenth century, Thanksgiving was very different from the holiday we know now.

The framework of school choice imposes a kind of tax, one paid in the time and effort that it imposes on many black parents.

Who's up for a radioactive selfie?

Pliny the Elder remarked: “Such is the condition of humanity, and so uncertain is men’s judgment, that they cannot determine even death itself.”

Marathon entrants today are more likely to be seeking personal validation rather than competitive victory.