Hoodoo is often misunderstood as dark magic, but it is actually a spiritual tradition rooted in African practices, developed ...

An ancient myth about moonlight and madness might trace back to something far more ordinary: our restless, moonlit sleep.

Ancient records reveal that a king named Midas really did exist. In fact, there was more than one king with that name.

Some discussion of the retirement system for public employees has run off the tracks, so let's set things straight, writes Bruce Lear.

Between the dozens of regulations and the various methods and terms for checking age online, it can all be a lot to keep up ...

Research shows a full moon can modestly affect sleep, but its influence on mental health is much less certain.

Ghosts stories appear in several surviving texts from ancient Rome. What do they reveal about the people who told them?

As a true market entrepreneur, as opposed to a political entrepreneur, James J. Hill successfully built a transcontinental ...

The myth of political correctness is still alive 30 years later, invoked to deny and justify the repression from the right. Understanding how the culture wars brought us to this point of ...