On the morning of 7 May 1821 an urgent task was performed at Longwood House on St Helena. A day and a half previously, the ...

A series of romantic notes once passed between 19th century teenagers were discovered at the University of Maine in 2024. Now ...

Dire wolves — or really, wolves with traits like the extinct species — are back. But New York has plenty of its own ...

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From Princess Diana to Princess Grace to Marie Antoinette, certain royals have influenced fashion for the ages.

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Rutherfurd’s Moon images are beautiful, but they also marked an important leap forward for scientific imaging through their ...

The Smithsonian Design Triennial at Cooper Hewitt features 25 bold projects that ask how we build, remember, and redefine ...

Many of us know that Japan took its Buddhism, its urban design, its flower-viewing rites and several of its art forms from China, often by way of Korea. You feel that influence today everywhere from ...

The Jewish tradition overflows with stories — and great storytellers. This month, just before Passover, award-winning ...

Peruse enough bookstores – or just stroll past their window displays – and you’ll certainly have encountered the design trends adorning our best (and bestselling) literature. Illustrations abound: ...

“And I thought, ‘Wow, this is even more meaningful than I realized’ — that, you know, Christ’s Blood shed for us on Good ...