The Anthropocene requires a new history to explain how humans transform the planet. The work of poet John Clare is a good place to start.

Historian Robin Veder explains that the way we associate female nurturing with gardens goes back to the way ideas about gender and work changed in the mid-nineteenth century.

Tulip bulbs. Housing. Bitcoin? In every bubble, the value of something is based more on peoples' esteem of it, rather than intrinsic worth.

Researchers have found that Americans experience radically different health outcomes depending on their race and socioeconomic status.

America’s favorite piece of workout equipment was developed as a device for forced labor in British prisons. It was banned as cruel and inhumane by 1900.

How the Brothers Grimm went hunting for fairytales, accidentally changed the course of historical linguistics, and kickstarted a new field of scholarship in folklore.

Anthropologist Jennifer Musto looked at how the rise in concern about sex trafficking, particularly in regard to the domestic trafficking of underage girls, actually plays out in policing.

Ichthyosaurs gave birth to live offspring, had huge eyes and lived all over the world.

May of 1568 was a fateful month for Mary, Queen of Scots. She managed to escape prison, but only to be being defeated in battle soon after. Then she made the fateful decision to run to England.

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