Erin Blakemore

Much of the global population suffers from chronic pain. Here’s what we can learn from Buddhism about how to manage it.

The real-life British secret agency behind Operation Postmaster helped launch James Bond and end World War II.

Also called the Agricultural Revolution, the Neolithic Revolution shifted hunter-gathers to agriculture—changing humanity forever.

Although ultimately disgraced, Benito Mussolini’s memory still haunts the nation a century after his brutal reign.

Our first in-house map was produced during World War I. By the Second World War, the White House was asking for them by name.

Mahatma Gandhi’s nonviolent resistance helped end British rule in India and has influenced modern civil disobedience movements across the globe.

'Cutting' was the ultimate 19th-century dis.

This Roman senator wrote some of the greatest letters in history. Here’s how Pliny the Younger’s words have kept ancient Rome alive.

Cyberbullying in any form can cause symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and should be considered an “adverse childhood experience” (ACE), a recent analysis finds.

Many archaeologists believe the famed tower from the Book of Genesis may have had a real historical counterpart in ancient Mesopotamia.