Close thy Byron, open thy Goethe!”, wrote the 19th-century historian Thomas Carlyle. The English-speaking readers who ...

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Figuring out when, why and how horses became domesticated is a key step toward understanding the world we live in now.

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Lisa Gugenheim, the former director of the natural history museum, makes a move to the New York Hall of Science.

The Palm Springs Art Museum is renowned for its focus on all things related to California mid-century modernism. A new ...