For the first time in nearly 1500 years, fewer than half the people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian.
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Digital analyses of Enlightenment-era letters are teaching us a thing or two about Locke, Voltaire, and others.
The documents that convicted the infamous traitor were all kept in this unassuming leather pouch.
Centuries ago, the typical British coffeehouse was more like a “school without a master” than a place to grab a quick boost of caffeine.
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Is the dumpster in the alley worthy of a poem?
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Meet the people paid to rouse the workers of industrial Britain.
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Mary Toft staged an elaborate hoax, but the pain was real.
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Darwin missed an amazing example of evolution.
The Knights Templar were not only skilled fighters, but also clever bankers who played a crucial role in the development of Europe’s financial systems.
Meet the world’s largest landowners.
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Ice harvesters once made a living from frozen lakes and ponds, but the work was strenuous and dangerous. Then refrigeration changed everything.
These ten maps provide a fascinating insight into the impact that soccer (sorry, football) has had worldwide.
The retraction crisis has morphed into a citation crisis.
Environmental activists want us to feel “flight shame” if we can take a train, instead. But this isn’t entirely realistic, even in Europe.
We rightly celebrate Winston Churchill as one of the world’s greatest leaders — but for all the wrong reasons.
Its apples taste bad, but institutions all over the world want a descendant or clone of the tree, anyway.
The weird and wild ways mummy fever swept through Europe.
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After a night of partying and heavy drinking, you might be tempted to Google “hangover cures.” Unfortunately, there aren’t any.
A new study finds surprising evidence of the self-domestication of urban foxes.