Turtle shells evolved over time from earlier precursor structures.

A comparison of the different ways European countries welcome refugees suggest that a combination of methods works best.

The 175th anniversary of William Henry Fox Talbot's calotype photography.

A cyclist in Austin, Texas had an awkward encounter with a Google self-driving car when he approached a 4-way stop at the same time as the vehicle.

Salvador Dalí injected Surrealism into fashion magazines in the 1930s and 1940s, to lasting influence.

People who oppose gun control tend to be white, male, Protestant, and living in the West, Mountain states, or South.

The western genre is engrained in American film from its roots to today. Jared Hess' Napoleon Dynamite revises this legacy in a surprising way.

Frederick Taylor's scientific management theory has some holes in it.

Although Buddhism propelled the popularity of cremation across Asia, its staying power, particularly in Japan, has been for practical reasons.

Our weekly pick of suggested reading.