Can monkeys talk? According to new research, they could, if their brains would let them.

John Berger has died at the age of 90. Famous for his television series and book Ways of Seeing, he was a critic, artist, novelist, poet, and radical.

Wellness is everywhere today: juice cleanses, Soulcycle classes, self-care. The roots of the trend can be found in nineteenth-century health-consciousness.

Lyndon B. Johnson called upon the wealthiest nation in the world to do something for those left behind.

Pocahontas, Matoaka, and Lady Rebecca Rolfe were all the same young woman, who died in 1617, a long way from home.

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Can anything be done to make meetings more useful and less dull?

Today, we tend to assume dieting is for women, but in the 1860s, it was a masculine pursuit.

Ballerinas have long made feminists both uneasy and excited, embodying fulfillment and the shackles of feminine performance.

Ellis Island celebrates its 125th anniversary as the federal immigration depot. From 1892-1954, more than 12 million immigrants passed through the island.