From the Shadows, National Gallery review — an exhibition that illuminates the shadows of the enlightenment age - 4/5 As the ...

As his name suggests, Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-97) remained true to his origins. While other Georgian artists shed their provincial status – we don’t talk of Joshua Reynol ...

Paul Kingsnorth is a novelist and a critic, an environmental activist and a convert to Eastern Orthodoxy. His new book is ...

Before the Scientific Revolution, "facts" about the universe, medicine, and even the human body, were basically bogus. Which meant 16th-century brainiacs had some convincing to do. Here's a look at ...

California startup TransAstra is revolutionizing space mining and debris removal with its inflatable Capture Bag. Designed in ...

What did Muslims scientists do to spark the renaissance? How Islam can reclaim its stake in the future of science?

Jefferson saw independence as a fight for liberty — and for access to the western lands that promised power and profit.

Both longtime and aspiring physicists will showcase their work at Brown during the New England regional meeting of the ...

If we are going to keep talking about gilded ballrooms and kings and such, maybe we should just go all in.