First encouraged in World War I and then again in the 1940s, with World War II , people turned to growing their own food with ...

The psychiatrist Mark Epstein shares his insights about the mind after decades of working with patients and practicing Buddhism.

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Weitzel received his doctorate at UConn, where he studied the history of the deer population in the Connecticut River Valley.

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See How Marcel Duchamp Broke the Rules and Shocked the Art World Again and Again The subversive French artist is receiving his first retrospective in the United States in more than 50 years ...

The first step toward restoring quality to institutions such as the Smithsonian is the cleanup operation — getting identity politics out of the arts.

Object Details Artist Ira Blount Caption This nine-square block quilt has four large blue and white checkboard blocks interspersed with five white blocks. The white blocks are stenciled with a feather ...