Velcro is used in many spaces, from spacecraft to shoes. A relatively recent invention, it was inspired by the close observation of nature.

How can contemporary biographers contend with the explosion of materials at their disposal?

The printed word helped spread the inhaling habit across the continent.

Environmental justice results from the equitable distribution of environmental benefits and harms through the restructuring of systems of oppression.

Sandy beaches and luxury hotels seem to define this Caribbean nation, but it’s the music and architecture that truly speak to its complicated history.

From the present day all the way to less than 400 million years after the Big Bang, we're seeing how the Universe grew up like never before.

What do sorcerers, bishops, and garden gnomes all have in common? Pointy hats that share a common story deeply enmeshed in European antisemitism.

Say Anarcha tells the story of the enslaved women experimented on by a self-aggrandizing gynecologist. Its related online archive aims to reinvent the nature of bibliography.

In antebellum America, the voyages and adventures of Sinbad and Aladdin in the Arabian Nights nourished a young nation's dreams.

A founding member of the Prairie School, Mahony defined the movement’s now-familiar aesthetic for a global audience.