Historian Irfan Habib, for instance, argues that the decline was due to the excessive tax burden on ... Persia”, Nadir Shah took over power in Iran after deposing the reigning Safavid dynasty. He not ...

A sweeping census on the state of American religion reveals a less sensational tale of Christianity in decline and a rise of the religiously unaffiliated compared to a decade ago. Pew Research ...

Now, that narrative may be changing. After years of decline, the Christian population in the United States has been stable for several years, a shift fueled in part by young adults, according to a ...

Now, a new study suggests the use of antidepressants may hasten the cognitive decline of people with dementia. It’s a conclusion that some experts consider unwarranted. “We found that patients ...

But a specific class of antidepressant medications -- selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors -- actually might speed up brain decline among some dementia patients, a new Swedish study suggests.

The 3Ds of the world of my old age (and believe me they, too, can in some fashion reach right off the screen and grab you by the throat) are The Donald, Dysdopia, and Decline. And yes, I’ve ...

The Abbasid Caliphate once ruled a Golden Age of knowledge and power, but it all came crashing down when Baghdad burned Discover the fall of this great dynasty ...

Fewer than 1.37 million public school students, excluding preschoolers, were counted statewide last fall in numbers released earlier this month by the Michigan Department of Education. That’s a ...

In an hour-long presentation in Zhang Auditorium, Chetty used a series of maps and charts to reveal the dramatic decline in upward mobility in the U.S. (especially for kids in low-income families), ...

In light of news that a planned museum exhibit on Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been defunded by the Department ...

Carla Gugino in "The Fall of the House of Usher." Credit: Eike Schroter / Netflix Even if you've never read the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, you're likely familiar with elements of his work ...