Life-long educator lived through civil rights era, integration and was first African American math teacher at West Monroe High

MONROE, La. (KTVE / KARD)–Rotena Hicks Russell has seen a lot of change in her 87 years of life, a large portion of it as an educator. She was a young professional during the civil rights era, a time ...

What Can We Learn from Death in the Age of Longevity?

If you’re an investor, it’s a good time to be long on longevity. The longevity economy is projected to be worth $27 trillion ...

New research shows how Londoners used death data to survive the plague

New research by the University of Portsmouth reveals that during the Great Plague of 1665, Londoners used published death figures to make daily, life or death decisions, reshaping how governments ...

After 100 years of Mount Rushmore, its biographer says the landmark is incomplete

Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the first drilling at Mount Rushmore, the iconic American landmark in South Dakota. But Matthew Davis, author of the new book A Biography of a Mountain, says ...