By the mid-19th century, the push for standardization had become increasingly urgent. Scientific discovery was accelerating, global trade was booming and industrial projects were growing in scale ...

The 21st century pharmaceutical and biotech sector has come a long way from its roots in 19th century pharmacy. pharmaphorum looks at its evolution over the centuries. The roots of the ...

This trend was augmented by the Industrial Revolution and the growth of the middle class in the 19th century ... unions aren't a recent invention. Until the 13th century, male-bonding ceremonies ...

The US Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to pause the deportation of a group of alleged Venezuelan gang members. A civil liberties group had sued to stop the removal of the men ...

So in the 4th century, they created a rival festival to mark Jesus' birth: Christmas. The Bible doesn't explicitly state the date on which Jesus was born, and many theologians place his birth in ...

It was one of Joseph Sorger's last wishes to have his estate sold at auction at Freeman's, a venue at which he had procured much of his collection.