The Greeks built on Babylonian astronomy to make their observations of eclipses, and the word “ekleipsis” appears as early as the fifth century B.C. in Thucydides’s history of the Peloponnesian War, ...

Few stories are as iconic as Citizen Kane, and there’s no better way to explore the difference between meaning and purpose—and how they shape our happiness—than through this masterpiece. The film’s ...

The word monsoon comes from the Arabic word “mausim,” which means season. This is a fitting way to describe the period when rainstorms are more prevalent in the desert. "A monsoon is a large-scale ...