Cincinnati women were not universally impressed by Mrs. Miller’s designs or by her opinions on the then-fashionable corset.

It was a staggering criticism given women now occupy a large swath of the nation’s top corporate and political positions. This week, when he announced the appointment of new ASIC boss Sarah Court, ...

Poisonous plants are everywhere for those with eyes to see, London artist Georg Wilson would tell you. Wilson began to notice the hidden-in-plain-sight world of noxious flora earlier this year, when ...

1348: Ex Voto officially launches on March 12 for PC and PS5 The Xbox version was canceled so Sedleo could focus on delivering "the best experience for PC and PlayStation" The story follows young ...

But this isn’t true. People in medieval times did use chamber pots because toilets hadn’t been invented yet. But they emptied the contents into cesspits and ditches, not onto the street through ...

When Kari Thompson was 15, she went to a career fair at her high school thinking she might want to become a paramedic. Then a firefighter at a neighboring table talked up the fire service. She liked ...

Historians have traced myths about the Black Death’s rapid journey across Asia to one 14th-century poem by Ibn al-Wardi. His imaginative maqāma, never meant as fact, became the foundation for ...

The vast majority of sushi chefs in Japan have been male since the occupation was born in the early 19 th century, during the Shogun period. Why? Because of the groundless myths, such as women’s warm ...

For Amy Poehler, taking a sick day wasn't an option during her years of working on "Saturday Night Live," "Parks and Recreation" and other film and TV projects. Poehler, 54, told actress Olivia Colman ...

Some medieval gadgets still kick modern tech’s butt, thanks to ingenious design and crazy-tough materials. You’re looking at implements refined between the 5th and 15th centuries—the OG era of ...