New research scans three Viking swords and finds that, while well-made, they were not strong enough to withstand a fight.

How can it be helpful to disclose secrets online? A look at sites like PostSecret, where users anonymously confess to things they've never told anyone.

Best-selling Canadian novelist Claire Cameron on how she researched her new novel The Last Neanderthal, with a little help from JSTOR.

The world represented in the media greatly influences our understanding and beliefs about reality. But our lived experiences might be more important.

Butter sculpture is a fixture of American state fairs. The practice of using food as a medium for art dates back centuries.

Cuban American Margarita Engle is the new Young People’s Poet Laureate. Engle has written many books for children, young adults and adults.

Humans may have inhabited the Americas much longer than initially suspected. But questions like who these people were remain unanswered.

Japanese artist collective Chim Pom has stirred up controversy at the US-Mexico Border, building numerous artistic interventions near Tijuana’s border.

It’s very rare that predators eat humans. However, every now and then, predators do develop a taste for people, such as an infamous episode in Tsavo, Kenya.

Avocados had an important place in Mesoamerican peoples’ diet, mythology, and culture. It’s possible that they were eaten in Mexico 10,000 years ago.