On Monday, November 18, 1985, as the ocean freighter ‘Socrates’ dragged its anchor off of Park Point, strong winds from a nasty storm slammed ship closer to the shore. By 8:00 p.m. that evening, the ...

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Among the great philosophers’ names, Socrates stands as one of the most notable. Born around 470 BCE, the ancient Greek philosopher is largely to thank for founding Western philosophy and was even a ...

Poison hemlock is a plant you don’t want to tangle with. It’s very invasive, and some people get rashes from touching it. But the biggest problem is that all parts of the plant are poisonous — even ...

When so much of our days are filled with scrolling, streaming, listening and email-sending, it’s easy to forget that there are hobbies that don’t actually require a screen. The great thing about ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A painting that was once rejected as a work by Rembrandt van Rijn has now been acknowledged as a work by the Dutch master, thanks to two years of scrutiny in the city ...

AMSTERDAM, March 2 (Reuters) - Researchers at the Netherlands' Rijksmuseum have authenticated as genuine a Rembrandt painting that will be on public display on Wednesday for the first time in decades.

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A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens, which was hidden for more than four centuries, sold for $2.7 million at an auction Sunday in Versailles. The painting was recently found in a ...

Editor's note: Documents related to Jeffrey Epstein released by the U.S. Department of Justice in December 2025 included a photo of this painting hanging on a wall. Read the latest fact check here.

The Academy became the model for what a real university should be: a place of honest inquiry, moral formation, and resistance to every ideology, as thinkers from antiquity to Newman have affirmed. On ...

A recovered Gustav Klimt painting made history this past Thursday night at Sotheby’s when it became the most expensive piece of modern art to ever be sold at auction. The Vienna-born artist came to ...