Poet, teacher, musician, and scholar of black literature, Sarah Webser Fabio, helped build a Black Arts movement on the West Coast.

The Babylonians knew their mathematics thousands of years before the Europeans.

As schools cut recess from the curriculum, more and more research suggests that it's a vital part of a child's day.

The human fascination with rabbits, including the Easter Bunny, is long and deep. But why rabbits? 

Travel is commodity, a privilege, and a state of mind; a comfort to some and a trial to others. 

After being made illegal in the 19th century, why did torture return in the 20th century and why does it continue into the present?

Translator, traitor, goes the Italian expression, although something may be lost in the translation.

Studies have shown that anthropomorphizing not only helps us learn. It also serves a social function, helping us feel connected.

Stuck in a book for centuries, strands of Copernicus's hair helped identify his body in 2005.

Fish, it turns out, are loud.