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Whether or not you can play the drums or keep your body in rhythm out on the dance floor, if you're reading this sentenc... Read more

In her forthcoming book, Routes of Terror: Gender, Health and Power in the Eighteenth Century Middle Passage, assistant ... Read more

During the late 1800s, industrialization transformed cities across the United States. Things most of us take for granted... Read more

The Winter Solstice is on December 21 and marks the shortest day of the year, which was once a very important day to man... Read more

For people who have grown up being able to hear, it's easy to equate language with speech - the audible conversations th... Read more

In a recent article in the Guardian, postdoctoral fellow Tim Shenk argues that Donald Trump's rise within the Republican... Read more

Scientists agree that breast milk is good for babies, but E.A. Quinn believes there's a lot more to learn. Join Quinn on... Read more

Biologist Elizabeth Haswell wants to change the way that people think about plants. What do we know about how plants sen... Read more

In the Victorian era, just after the birth of the electric lightbulb, a novel remedy was developed for women diagnosed w... Read more

Today, we're going back to 18th century Florence, Italy to tell the story of one museum, La Specola, and its infamous ex... Read more

In 1487, when the witch trials were just starting to take root in Europe, a Dominican priest published the Malleus Malef... Read more

Here in St. Louis and across the country, it has been difficult over the last two weeks to pay attention to anything oth... Read more

In theaters and classrooms around the world, audiences and students experience the stories and emotions behind plays pen... Read more

According to some estimates, just 6 percent of mothers in Peru wash their hands before preparing food. Is it possible th... Read more

Oskar Kokoschka, an Austrian expressionist painter and playwright in early 20th century Vienna, had a torrid affair with... Read more

Ever wonder why some subjects are taught in high school while others are not, or why students spend so much time memoriz... Read more

Nearly 500 years ago, the Chinese novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was first published. Readers across the country ... Read more

When you hear the word "metabolism," what do you think about? Thanks to the groundbreaking work of chemist Gary Patti he... Read more

Before becoming the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson was a successful lawyer in Vir... Read more

Throughout much of the 19th century, Mormons were in direct conflict with the US government. Less than a century later, ... Read more