Research on police training finds that realistic simulations may reinforce expectations of violence instead of preventing it.

Mayflower colonist John Goodman was out for a walk around Plymouth Colony with a spaniel, one of the two dogs that had also ...

In the early twentieth century, immigrant anarchists organized across U.S. cities and stood at the center of major labor ...

Eight centuries after the legends took shape, Arthur's world continues to inspire filmmakers, musicians, advertisers, and ...

In the 1960s, many authors, publishers, and readers of underground papers understood them as alternatives to what they considered mainstream news sources, or the “aboveground press”: network ...

Beyond the microbes, mudflats, mangrove forests, and salt marshes help protect shorelines from erosion and storm surges. Since very few larger organisms (worms and clams excepted) can live in mud, mud ...

Sporting a winged tiara and star-spangled bustier and gifted with superhuman strength and flight, Darna could be called the Filipino version of Wonder Woman. But unlike the Amazon princess, she’s also ...

Early robots in the US evolved from symbols of revolt into racialized figures tied to labor and the legacy of slavery. In the American context, where the language of master and slave was rooted in ...

What colors best suit your complexion, scientifically speaking? As historian Charlotte Nicklas writes, that’s something that women in England and America started asking in the 1850s, thanks largely to ...

Women’s paid work in medieval Europe was limited, to say the least. The options were essentially: domestic service, retail, midwifery, spinning, and sex work. None of these was considered skilled ...

The year is 1840. A sensational trial has captivated the whole of France. The accused is a dark-haired, sophisticated Parisian named Marie Lafarge. Her alleged crime? Murder by means of arsenic ...