In England in the 1920s and ’30s, nudism was ideological and utopian. Then the Nazis coopted the concept for their eugenicist Nacktkultur movement.

On the law and mythologies of haunting, from antiquity to today.

The controversial politician William Gannaway Brownlow shepherded Tennessee's re-admission to the Union. It was the first state of the Confederacy to do so.

Communes have gotten a reputation for being flaky or cultish. But intentional communities have a long history, and many have been successful.

Viewing climate change through a national security lens makes a certain amount of sense -- but it won't entirely solve the problem.

When Captain Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition went awry, clairvoyants claimed to be able to contact the crew members. Why did people believe them?

Lepore talks about presidential deceit, why women are often forgotten by history, and the “epistemological crisis” of our era.

In the Caribbean, sargassum deposits have grown to unprecedented sizes, obscuring the sand and turning nearshore waters into seething sargassum soup.

Vaccinations have always been political. But in this day and age, why do certain subsets of well-off parents choose not to vaccinate their children?

Using CRISPR, scientists try to turn an obscure plant into the next favorite crop, groundcherries.