"Shotgun!" Every kid knows what this means, but where did the idea come from? A linguist explains this history-filled ...

More than two millennia ago, Teotihuacan was a thriving metropolis in central Mexico with up to 125,000 inhabitants. The city ...

For Corita Kent, the presence, modification or absence of the veil in her wardrobe throughout her lifetime signaled moments ...

Pumpkins are a harvest symbol and part of our nostalgia for a simpler time. But while the word "pumpkin" has been around for ...

Professor’s comment on Gaza sparks free speech debate after being misinterpreted as endorsing Charlie Kirk’s death ...

Rebecca Brodskis' paintings at Centro de las Artes San Luis Potosí in Mexico City visibly struck a chord on the opening night ...

Being a young designer today isn’t easy, but the National Gallery of Victoria’s Rigg Design Prize exhibition shows how emerging practitioners are facing up to the challenges.

Scientists believe signs of an ancient hidden language may explain the mysterious disappearance of the people who built ...

A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares one thing to another without using “like” or “as.” This guide explains the ...

East Tennessee speech can be colorful, not only in pronunciation but also in the phrases which are used, particularly similes ...