Old claims that the British monarch is descended from the Prophet Muhammad have resurfaced—but they may reveal more about modern perceptions of Islam than the queen.
From poisoned arrows to deadly gases, chemicals have been used as weapons of war since Roman times.
Johan van Hulst saved hundreds of lives—but was haunted by his inability to do more.
The Los Alamos Historical Museum halted a Japanese exhibition on the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki because of a controversy over its message of abolishing nuclear weapons.
Riots broke out in over 100 American cities after King’s murder.
Now discredited, the theory painted mothers of kids with autism spectrum disorders as neglectful and cold.
90 percent of rural homes in the U.S. didn’t have electricity in 1935. Ten years later, almost all of them did.
Deceptively simple doll tests helped convince the Supreme Court to strike down school segregation.
