The ghost stories of the ancient world reveal much about humanity’s early attempts to understand death and the afterlife. Whether it was a story to serve a moral lesson, a religious reminder, or ...

Almost two centuries ago, Irish immigrants brought a festival called Samhain to North America. Samhain had ancient pagan roots. It was celebrated as a harvest festival at the end of October, but also ...

An ancient Celtic Festival, the Catholic Church, the Irish Potato Famine, and community leaders turned Halloween into the holiday we know today. Here's the history.

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Back in the day, Ancient Mesopotamia was the place to be. Considering the geographical area of some of humanity’s most ...

Rachel Feltman: There’s been a lot of hype around artificial intelligence lately. Some companies want us to believe that machine learning is powerful enough to practically tell the future. But what ...