Mount Rushmore has been controversial since its inception. Its designer, Gutzon Borglum, wanted to communicate a particular vision of American history.

The film Goodbye, Christopher Robin tells the story of how A. A. Milne’s popular children’s stories damaged his son, the real-life Christopher Robin.

The way we think about the skills kids need—and even how they should play—is deeply tied to the characteristics we expect them to need as adults.

If you're suffering from exhaustion, hallucination, or a coma, then you have Sir Thomas Browne, dead 335 years now, to thank.

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Larger pieces of floating debris, like that caused by the Japanese tsunami, may carry hitchhikers in the form of organisms native to their place of origin.

The Baby Boomers have been blamed for everything from economic stagnation to America's current political situation. But where did they come from?

Climate change is a wild card that seems to be exacerbating conditions that can lead to Harmful Algae Blooms.

Although Karl Marx never saw the U.S., he thought long and hard about how it fit into his theory, especially during the Civil War.

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