All revolutions have heroes: real and imaginary, rising from the ground and foisted from above, fallible and flawless. Successful revolutions, however, succeed without and despite these heroes.

In 1975, Michel Foucault's resonate treatise Discipline and Punish conceptualized the "carceral archipelago," positing a pioneering theorization of how social ...

While Foucault praised Iran’s 1979 revolution as spiritual, Iranian women warned it would mean coercion, veiling, and the ...

As protests continue to challenge Iran’s clerical establishment, a 1979 opinion article from the New York Times has resurfaced online. Titled Trusting.

Earth’s Rotation Day, observed on January 8, marks Léon Foucault’s 1851 pendulum experiment proving Earth’s rotation. Know its history and significance. Earth's Rotation Day commemorates the ...

Houston Museum of Natural Science's Herzstein Foucault Pendulum has stopped after decades, and museum visitors are wondering why. The pendulum at the museum is attached to a 61-foot-long cable. It ...

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Next July, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of its founding, a milestone set to be celebrated across the country. American history will serve as the centerpiece of many of these ...

Can you name the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the earth? Or which ancient queen married two of her brothers? How about this one: Do you know the artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Understanding the past "gives us perspective" on current events, said GQ. "And right now, we sorely need perspective." With "war raging in Europe" and Donald Trump causing chaos across the pond, it's ...