A total solar eclipse crosses North America on Monday, April 8. Be prepared!

Marbled paper was a way to make banknotes and checks unique—a critical characteristic for a nascent American Republic.

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In addition to a New Wave hit, Nell Dunn's 1963 book about young women in a poor London neighborhood inspired a Ken Loach adaption that helped shift British attitudes toward abortion.

China had a long history of astronomy before the arrival of Europeans, but the politics of absolute rule led to the eventual embrace of Western methods.

Well-researched stories from Nautilus, Knowable Magazine, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

Without formal training as an architect, Gray created magnificent designs that sensitively blended traditional craft with a modern aesthetic.

Kidnapped and sold into slavery, Mbarak Mombée was critical to the success of the most celebrated nineteenth-century European expeditions in Africa.

Galvanized by an act of racial violence, the band A Grain of Sand brought a new version of Asian American activism and identity to the folk music scene.

Scientists’ approach to dating past eclipses changed when they stopped treating classical texts as authoritative records.