History is a funny thing, and we are living in truly historic times. There are several adages about history that most of us are familiar with, such as “those who fail to learn from the past are doomed ...

Some French philosophers, notably Jean le Rond d’Alembert and, surprisingly, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, spurned Catherine’s blandishments ... The author is clearly as sure-footed an expert on the French ...

Cosmopolitanism and the Enlightenment brings together leading scholars in cultural history, the history of ideas and global politics in order to reassess the complexity of cosmopolitanism during the ...

(NEXSTAR) – A new study comparing the brains of children before and after COVID-19 found that adolescent girls’ brains had aged faster than expected during the social isolation and lockdowns ...

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L egal experts across the political spectrum expressed alarm when the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling on Donald Trump’s claims to ...

Lunar eclipses arrive on full moons and solar eclipses take place during new moons. PEOPLE's resident astrologer Kyle Thomas describes lunar eclipses as "full moons on steroids" that can "trigger ...

Looking back at the entire history of the world is hardly an easy feat. How could a person possibly round up the most famous ...

It usually lasts for 15 days, and performing certain rituals and acts during this time is believed to bring peace to the departed souls. Here are ten important things to do during Pitru Paksha ...

In February 1954, the beginning of the second year of Dwight Eisenhower’s presidency, he was invited by friends Paul Helms and Paul Hoffman to visit them at their homes in the exclusive Smoke Tree ...