Hindus know it as the dwelling place of Shiva, Tibetan Buddhists as the abode of Demchog, and Jains as the site where Rishabhanatha, their first spiritual teacher, achieved liberation.
Whether ad-libbing her way through a duet or joking about her glamorous image, Parton turned sexist assumptions into a source of power.
A geographer explains the politics and procedures behind renaming American places.
The Federal Reserve is much more powerful than it was 20 years ago, which has prompted calls for a reset in how it answers to Congress…
As the rate of obesity in the US rises, transplant centers are debating whether to accept organ donations from the obese. A new study suggests that oversized hearts are safe to use.
For some illnesses, shorter courses of antibiotics work just as well as longer ones, but researchers are still…
A team of historians, archaeologists and forensic anthropologists is trying to identify 15 German soldiers who…
Rural places have long built and expanded prisons to tap federal funds during hard times.
