Madeira is famous for its wine and scenery today, but in the 15th century it boomed and then busted as the sugar capital of the world.

Meet fish that eat booze waste, learn about the homelessness crisis among Sumatra's tigers, and find out why American farmers are committing suicide.

Before today's fight over net neutrality, the US government debated commercial profitability & popular access in the context of a different medium: radio.

‘Tis the season for feasting and family traditions. And around here, that means digging into JSTOR’s digital library. ...

Women's suffrage was usually portrayed negatively in early films, but suffragists well recognized the importance of movies in getting their message out.

One of the biggest trends in American religious beliefs today is the rise of the “nones." In the 1880s, they might have called themselves freethinkers.

The kimono that the world associates with Japan was actually created in the late-nineteenth century as a cultural identifier.

Back in the 1940s, when America's post-war economic system was taking shape, many popular economists agreed that “free markets” were a fiction.

How is it that in 2017 there are still Flat Earthers? Perhaps first we need to look back at the myth of Christopher Columbus.

Forensic DNA evidence has been a game-changer for law enforcement, but research shows it can contribute to miscarriages of justice.