Emotion can be difficult to parse online. Why not adopt a common protocol that lets our fellow internet citizens know our emotional state?

Half of all American homes had a piano or player piano a century ago, but very few do now. Whatever happened to the parlor piano?

West speaks on Obama’s legacy, the failures of American empire, and the role of race in Trump’s election.

Kilts are traditional garb from Scotland, right? Well, that's not quite the whole story.

One scholar sees more in the Christmas food of authors like Charles Dickens—English national identity and class.

Remember those spiral-bound cookbooks from your church group or your mom’s favorite charity? Those amateur recipe collections are history books, too.

Traffic congestion has been a problem in the United States ever since the 1930s, and since that time, scientists have been studying on the problem.

Chile turned the Atacama Desert into a giant solar farm, China denounced coal power, and Guinea has been plagued by sleeping sickness.

"Twelfth Night" was more than a Shakespeare play; for a very long time it was an extremely popular European winter feast.

In our own new Gilded Age, it’s worth asking what the big game hunters have in common with people who hunt to put some extra meat on the table.