On the controversial directive that a paragraph must contain a topic sentence, an idea that theorists, writers, and students have questioned for decades.

Perhaps the Harry Potter stories are so potent because they rework the iconic hero stories of medieval French Arthurian romances.

A few miles off the coast of the Bronx is Hart Island, a potter's field where New York City's poor and unclaimed dead are buried.

Well-researched stories from the Washington Post, Science Magazine, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

One of the first U.S. municipal laws demanding residential segregation, passed in 1910 in Baltimore, has roots in European colonial policies.

Parasites can be creepy, but according to some ecologists, parasites may substantially impact entire ecosystems—for the better.

At various sites throughout Peru and Argentina, archaeologists have found remains of child sacrifices.

In the 1990s, lesbian characters were repeatedly transformed into "close friends" in film adaptions of LGBTQ-themed books.

In a famous 1910 photograph "In a Piegan Lodge," a small clock appears between two seated Native American men. In a later print, the clock is missing.

The marketing of scents through clever branding, rather than real differences in what’s being sold, originated in nineteenth-century France.