The science of climate change is more solid and widely agreed upon than you might think. But the scope of the topic, as well as rampant disinformation, can make it hard to separate fact from ...

Jeffrey Mayer Unsurprisingly, there’s a reason why the pixie happens to be trending. The early 1800s, 1920s, 1950s and 1960s were all big periods of change and uncertainty.

The rote tasks of any information-intensive job can be automated. It doesn’t matter if you are a doctor, lawyer, architect, reporter, or even programmer: The robot takeover will be epic.

Computing has evolved a great deal throughout its history, and we take a look at the key moments that shaped its journey from the 1800s to the present day.

On 16 August 1819 60,000 peaceful protesters gathered in Manchester to demand their rights, only for the day to end in tragedy. Here's what you need to know.

National 5 Divided Society How poverty affected Britain in the late 1800s In the late 19th century poverty was caused by unemployment, illness and old age. The 1906 Liberal Government had to ...

History: Race in the U.S.A., a timeline created by the American Anthropological Association, looks at milestones in thinking and actions about race in government, science and society.

The maps above show the travel times in days and weeks from New York City to various locations across the United States in the years 1800, 1830, 1857 and 1930, from the 2012 article “How fast ...

The Rhinelander Sugar House, a sugar refinery and warehouse on the site of what is now the headquarters of the New York Police Department, in the late 1800s. When it was built in 1763, the ...

Historian explores the evolution of personal hygiene, revealing that hand-washing and bathing only became common in the West in the late 19th century.

Though slavery had such a wide variety of faces, the underlying concepts were always the same. Slaves were considered property, and they were property because they were black. Their status as ...

When most of us hear the word chocolate, we picture a bar, a box of bonbons, or a bunny. The verb that comes to mind is probably "eat," not "drink," and the most apt adjective would seem to be ...