Italy’s new law renders citizenship less touristy and likelier to indicate meaningful membership of the self-governing ...

Deipnosophistae by Athenaeus, a work written around 200 CE about well-read people philosophizing and enjoying good food and drink.

Ancient Greeks believed in alien life, as well as in gods, souls, and beings that inhabited the Moon, stars, and Heavens.

This initial letter raised concern about the growing use of “ponies,” English translations of assigned Greek and Latin texts.

"Perhaps, dogs (and other nonhuman animals) are already ahead of us in terms of their relationships with other members of the ...

So far as we know, true symbolic language is unique to the human species. The question of how we alone came to ...

Aristotle, a pivotal Greek philosopher and polymath, profoundly influenced logic, science, ethics, and politics for over two ...

In addition to the artificially induced LSD state, there are other, naturally occurring temporary states in which there is a collapse of the normal routines by which the mind ordinarily processes the ...

25 Crazy Claims from Ancient Cultures reveal unbelievable ancient beliefs. From gold-digging ants to senatorial horses, explore history's most outlandish i ...

Debates over how geometry is understood and learned date back at least to the days of Plato, with more recent scholars ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Yesterday, at a meeting at the White ...

Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds Your taste in music may feel unique, but there may be ...