New research shows that the printing press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg, helped spread conspiracies that fueled the Salem ...

In her Newberry Library course, Kay Daly examines the depiction of witches onstage, from the 17th century to the present.

The Hong Kong writer’s penchant for transforming taboo subjects—death, illness, or gender—into fodder for intellectual ...

That text was spread throughout the Western world thanks to the newly invented printing press.

In Heresy, Catherine Nixey strips these pretensions away with a complete (but scholarly) lack of mercy. Her focus is on ...

From a distance, Pamukkale looks every bit like a ski resort, with a cascade of brilliant white slopes and a scattering of tourists at the top, seemingly preparing to slalom down into the valley below ...

Bats and humans can live in harmony. We need them, and they need us to protect them. As Halloween approaches, have fun with ...

Reproductive Rites’ unearths the untold story of abortion witch hunts, from the days of Socrates through the Salem Witch ...

Deep in the stacks of a museum library, gemologist Anna Rasche stumbled upon medieval manuscripts and an idea for a novel!

An ancient Jewish text has been discovered and returned 80 years after it was looted from a Hungarian seminary during the ...

In fact, The Bamboo Circus has been such a success that it’s on a world tour, bringing the magic of Vietnam to anyone lucky enough ... Everything here draws from ancient beliefs, values, and ...

The ancient Maya believed that everything in the universe ... The Popol Vuh implies that gods could mix and match their ...