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NuqneH! Saluton! A linguistic anthropologist (and creator of the Kryptonian language, among others) studies the people who invent new tongues.
New radiocarbon dating reveals astonishing insights.
The Antarctic Treaty of 1959 prohibited nations from making new land claims on the continent. But it never mentioned claims from private individuals.
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Biology plays an important role in emotional reactions, but neuroscientist Kristen A. Lindquist posits that our culture is just as influential.
Unlikely Collaborators
Meet the people paid to rouse the workers of industrial Britain.
The clash of academic archaeology and what might be called folk archaeology comes into stark focus at Stonehenge.
Bathtubs and toilets each got their own rooms until health professionals urged architects to put all the plumbing in one room.
Scientists don't understand why the correlation exists.
"Time Warp" all the way back to 1800s spiritualism, magic performances, and spook shows.
Using peach and eggplant emojis as shorthand for sex may seem like a new thing, but Renaissance artists were experts at using produce to imply intercourse.
The answer may lie in the power to see far, far beyond yourself.
Traditionally, the long history of Japanese thought has not been viewed as “philosophy” — even by Japanese scholars. It’s time for a rethink.
In ancient Rome, collective bathing was the norm. In the West today, it’s the exception — and that’s too bad.
France’s notorious disregard for washing gradually changed as military authorities and public schools promoted a modern regime of cleanliness.
Science and technology were making early modern Europe a better place to live, but at what cost?
Historians have been able to piece together a clear picture of how the average Roman citizen spent their waking hours.
His crime was so great, he was not only sentenced to death but his name was to be erased from memory.
Dive into China's profound intellectual legacy through five seminal texts that have shaped millennia of thought.
Quality down time is important for relationships. Here are three practical suggestions to create more of it.
The mountain can generate lenticular clouds, which may contribute to its supernatural reputation.
Legend holds that newly elected popes in the Middle Ages had to present their genitals for inspection to confirm that they were male.
The design was as intricate as that of modern-day, factory-fabricated denim jeans, and just as durable. The ancients had fashion.
Never mind.
"The more I unleash myself from the tethers of domestication, the happier I feel."
According to bushido, your life is of secondary importance to key virtues, like honor, loyalty, and justice.
The history of cartography might have been very different if the Latin version of Muhammad al-Idrisi's atlas had survived instead of the Arabic one.
In Kannauj, perfumers have been making monsoon-infused mitti attar for centuries.
The use of the letter x as an unknown is a relatively modern convention.
Today, many Maya sites are polluted with toxic levels of mercury. The contamination likely originated from cinnabar paints and art.
The arsons were no accident, archaeological evidence suggests.