The Conversation

From ancient Greece through Puritan New England, witches functioned as easy targets for cultural anxieties about gender, power, and mortality. By Joel Christensen Living on the North Shore in Boston in the fall brings the gorgeous turning of the leaves and...

Modern stoics on TikTok diverge quite a bit from what the ancient philosophers of Stoicism espoused. Their ideas around happiness and productivity are not the same as modern influencers think they are. By Matthew Duncombe I don’t know about you, but...

For centuries, empires were the dominant form of political organization. In the West, there is some degree of familiarity with the British, French, and German empires as well as the empires of Spain and Portugal. Of course, there are...

There are a few radio and audio stories to listen to this Halloween that tap into the sound of fear and get your heart racing. By Leslie McMurtry The next time you watch a horror movie, try putting it on mute....

There will be only one winner in the war that has broken out between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. And it is neither Israel nor Hamas. By Aaron Pilkington In an operation coined “the Al-Aqsa Storm,” Hamas, whose formal...

No historical evidence exists to tell us exactly who sang the first song, whistled the first tune, or made the first rhythmic sounds that resembled that which we recognize today as music. By Laura Dallman The short answer is that no...

Saint Mary of Egypt is highly venerated as a Desert Mother in the Eastern Orthodox and Coptic Churches. For the Greek Orthodox Church, her feast day is April 1, the day of her repose, however, the Orthodox Church also...

To ancient Greeks, our modern democracy would count as “oligarchy”. The rule of and by the few, as opposed to the power of the people.

Since mid-August, the British Museum has been mired in a controversy over the theft of about 2,000 objects from its collections. The theft is suspected to be an inside job that took place over a period of twenty years....

New findings suggest the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, or Amoc, could collapse maybe even within the next few years causing climate disaster in Europe. By Robert Marsh Amid news of lethal heatwaves across the Northern Hemisphere comes the daunting prospect of...