The Middle Ages were brutal - and so were the diseases people faced. In this video, we explore 7 of the most gruesome ...

Two years after Mütter Museum's very popular fundraiser event was cancelled, a party inspired by a 1518 dancing plague is ...

Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will visit Egypt on an official trip ...

People used to eat lots of vegetables that have slipped into obscurity, from roots that taste like chestnuts to coastal ...

How old is your food? Before food was a choice, it was a necessity — the bare minimum only eaten and endured in order to ...

Astrology, the belief that the positions of celestial bodies influence earthly events and human lives, has been a pervasive ...

Echoes of Knowledge Through Time The story of the oldest libraries begins in places where clay tablets and scrolls carried wisdom across centuries. The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh guarded ...

As a symbol, the Moon did not have an easily decipherable meaning – which encouraged medieval people to read it in playful ...

Common misconceptions about medieval life are being overturned at William the Conqueror's newly restored Norwich Castle.

In a secluded lot next to a former gasworks in suburban Berlin, Martin Rötzel is breathing new life into a tradition of centuries past: the monastery garden.

I believe mid-century architecture principles can help solve some of healthcare’s most complex technological challenges.

It is ironic that we celebrate labor by taking a day off. And despite what Bill Belichick may say about “no days off,” rest — adequate sleep in particular — is critical for athletes to recover and ...