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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1940, author John Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed Ricketts chartered a fishing boat named the Western Flyer to explore the Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortez. The book they ...

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 ...

How did the National Geographic Society end up becoming, in the words of historian Susan Schulten, “one of the most ubiquitous sources of information and images about the world in American culture” ...

Fine dining restaurants in the U.S. have become more diverse, with the white-tablecloth French restaurant joined by cuisines from around the world and categories like “Californian” and “New American.” ...