Pregnancy and childbirth presented the medieval expectant mother with a whole host of challenges and dangers. Just as today, there was a lot of instruction on how a pregnant woman should behave to ...

Our World in Data indicates that women tend to live longer than men. Across the globe, this “longevity gap”... The post Why ...

The Arabic word “jihad” has several, related meanings. It means “struggle” – the struggle to lead a good Muslim life or build ...

Diane Purkiss is affiliated with Keble College, University of Oxford. “You have to keep beating it for longer,” my grandmother instructed me. “It isn’t pale yet. It’s still too yellow.” I didn’t ask ...

"You have to keep beating it for longer," my grandmother instructed me. "It isn't pale yet. It's still too yellow." I didn't ask how long this would take. I was nine years old, and I understood what ...

Context can change the weave of history. And the DNA of an object, a way of doing things, an individual's family can help ...

Our 10 recommended books for October include the first new novel from Thomas Pynchon in more than a decade, a pandemic tale ...

Around the world, girls continue to get married as young as age 12, often to men much older than them, in hope of a better ...

BERLIN — In a secluded lot next to a former gasworks in suburban Berlin, Martin Rötzel is breathing new life into a tradition of centuries past: the monastery garden. Rötzel’s Monk Garden is home to ...

Who are the new clerisy? “They are journalists, entertainers, credentialed professionals, and teachers,” Kotkin states, “they provide the images, narratives, arguments, and artworks that reinforce the ...

Arafat believed only a new national identity could counter the claims that Palestine is Jewish.