The Book of Stones, a central alchemical text, contained formulae with the power to create living tissue from ordinary matter, supposedly.

Pushing New Deal legislation, FDR proposed that extra justices should be added to the Supreme Court, one for every sitting justice over the age of seventy.

Supersonic aircrafts are much faster than typical passenger planes. Unfortunately, there are some downsides.

Black intellectuals in the U.S.—from W. E. B. Du Bois to Marcus Garvey—had strong and divergent opinions on Japanese Empire.

High school reunions have become an important part of managing and presenting identity, as these scholars and poets consider.

Probably. If all Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets melt, the sea level will rise over 200 feet.

Roe v. Wade left Americans with the idea that privacy is something we can expect as citizens. But does the SCOTUS consider privacy a constitutional right?

Well-researched stories from Pacific Standard, Slate, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

The marchese's 1939-1940 diary, detailing the months before Italy's armed alliance with Nazi Germany, is now available as A Chill in the Air.

A prescribed period of civic service may offer benefits, promoting active citizenship across the socioeconomic divide and creating strong social ties.