To be taken seriously as physicians, women doctors in nineteenth-century Britain felt the need to distinguish themselves from others of their gender.

A Christian martyr, Wilgefortis was divinely gifted with a sudden growth of facial hair to escape forced marriage, only to be crucified by her father.

While Spanish Catholicism and reformatory Protestantism favored black clothing, much of the Renaissance happened in an explosion of color.

In a recent paper, biologists outlined a three-part hypothesis for how all life as we know it began.

Isabella Rosner’s Stitching Freedom showcases embroidered works made by the incarcerated and examines this craft’s historical popularity behind bars.

Though many associate the accordion with polkas and klezmer, the instrument played an important role in Black music after its arrival in the United States.

The origins of Malay and Indonesian dukun healers are intertwined with the history of Persian involvement in the region.

Well-researched stories from Sapiens, Yale Environment 360, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

In romantic literature of the fourteenth and fifteen centuries, fainting wasn’t just for ladies.

The Dutch Jewish philosopher Spinoza died in 1677, which is when the battle to define his life—and work—began.