Centuries-old ship logs from whaling vessels are helping scientists chart a more sustainable path in the face of extreme ...

Since at least 2013, a rumor has circulated online that illegal gambling dens in 18th-century England hired people to swallow ...

What can centuries-old whaling ship logs tell us about today’s extreme weather? According to scientists, the answer is a lot. They’re using the information recorded by mariners going back hundreds of ...

The decline and eventual abolition of slavery has been portrayed as the result of tireless activism and moral persuasion by early Quaker advocates like Benjamin Lay who considered slavery one of the ...