This year at Yale, two new literature classes will push the boundaries — cultural, linguistic, and geographic — of what we talk about when we talk about medieval literature. The aims of the classes ...

One of the major realizations of the Anthropocene era has been the importance of biodiversity for the functioning of the ...

We are living in a world that is getting warmer year by year, threatening our environment and way of life. But what if these climate conditions were not exceptional? What if it had already happened in ...

Before our current, carbon-fueled global warming trend took off during the 20th century, the most consequential temperature bump in recorded history was the Medieval Warm Period. This week, scientists ...

These real medieval castles will transport you to a world filled with knights and princesses, legendary lore and inspiration for your daydreams Castles conjure up images of a romantic medieval past, ...

A new international study shows that medieval communities around Lake Constance actively boosted biodiversity. Combining ...

Rachel Feltman: These days, science and magic are generally thought of as being diametrically opposed: fact versus fiction, reason versus fantasy, modern sensibilities versus archaic misconceptions.

Records of lunar eclipses that appeared unusually dark are telling scientists when volcanic eruptions might have occurred in the past. YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images When medieval ...

Something interesting about history is that just about in every time period and every culture, gay people were knocking boots. Which should be obvious, because in the long ago days before phones, the ...

Inspired by the “Game of Thrones” television series, Marta Olejarz and Tristan Marmont hosted a medieval-inspired wedding celebration in July at a 13th-century Polish castle. Jessica and Louis Packard ...