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Televising the coronation was thought to be an affront to the dignity of the event.

Time will tell what the reign of Charles III will look like, but one thing is for sure: the “new Elizabethan age” is long gone.

What started as a viral case of public shaming has morphed into a dark story involving internet sleuths, a criminal network, and the suspicious death of a 62-year-old man in St. Louis.

Through self-tracking and self-experimentation, we can greatly improve our cognitive capacity.

If Arctic ice continues to melt at its projected rate, the bears will go extinct due to starvation by the end of the century according to a first-ever projected timeline.

The new trust busting battles begin.

Is former Vice President Joe Biden's "return to normalcy" approach too moderate for Democratic voters?

"We need to get our priorities straight," Warren said.

Her plan to abolish most student debt has been put before Congress. But does it have any chance of passing?

A plan to forgive almost a trillion dollars in debt would solve the student loan debt crisis, but can it work?

It's been used by everyone from philosophers to business leaders — and Stanford research shows it really makes a difference.

A new study finds that naps bring cognitive benefits.

An interesting take on "fixing" the rampant corporate supremacy of the last 40 years.

Q: How long would it take the average Walmart employee to earn as much as its CEO? A: 1,000 years.

Prince William and Kate Middleton have welcomed their third child to the royal family. Find out where the new royal baby falls in the line of succession to the throne.

A handful of noble families own large tracts of the British capital - and have done so for centuries

A group of expert geologists declared that a new epoch influenced by human impact has begun.

A new study finds that spanking is ineffective and leads to a host of psychological and cognitive issues when children grow up.

Elizabeth Kenny went against conventional methods for treating polio and believed a patient should have an active role in their recovery.

The standard line against painter John Singer Sargent goes like this: a very good painter of incredible technique, but little substance who flattered the rich and famous with decadently beautiful portraiture — a Victorian Andrea del Sarto of sorts whose reach rarely exceeded his considerable artistic grasp. A new exhibition of Sargent’s work and the accompanying catalogues argue that he was much more than a painter of pretty faces. Instead, the exhibition Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends and catalogues challenge us to see Sargent’s omnivorous mind, which swallowed up nascent modernist movements not just in painting, but also in literature, music, and theater. Sargent the omnivore’s dilemma thus lies in being too many things at once and tasking us to multitask with him.

"No ruler is ever really dethroned by his subjects. No hand but his own ever takes the crown from his head. ... When he ceases to lead ... the revolt which casts him from power is only the outward manifestation of his previous abdication."

Most young women in the workforce don’t remember firsthand the battles their mothers and grandmothers fought over issues that are still relevant today. Among those who’ve read about them or […]

The ping of an email notification sounds and we jump to read it, dropping what we're doing--disrupting our workflow. It's stressing us out, according to a recent study.

"Discrimination still exists. Some people feel that their own beliefs are being threatened. Some are unhappy about unfamiliar cultures. They all need to be reassured that there is so much to be gained by reaching out to others; that diversity is indeed a strength and not a threat."

The holiday season affords buyers a plethora of channels for acquiring their Christmas tree. Live or cut? Buy from a wholesaler or chop down your own? Deciding early will help you get the best tree for your needs.

“It was against my parents’ principles to talk about death,” Roz Chast writes in Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir. “Between their one-bad-thing-after-another lives and the Depression, […]

To celebrate her Jubilee year, the Queen had a large chunk of Antarctica named after her; possibly upsetting the Argentinians and Chileans. 

I’d be remiss if I let 2011 slip by without a tribute to Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979), who was born a century ago and who now looms larger over contemporary poetry […]

Looking at the language of critical response to the novel, there are parallels. This is not to say that David Foster Wallace cared for Hamlet. But he seemed to care […]

When critic Randall Jarrell mentioned Vermeer in a review of Elizabeth Bishop’s poetry, Bishop excitedly expressed her joy over someone making the connection. We can only guess how she’d feel […]