What is the Rod of Asclepius? The Rod of Asclepius is a striking emblem: a simple staff with a lone snake coiled around it, universally acknowledged as a symbol of medicine and healing. You’ll spot it ...

Until the 7th century BC, the peoples of the Mediterranean Basin had rarely encountered peacocks. When the Bible mentions this bird, it is to describe a rare and precious animal brought back from ...

Jeremy Workman’s documentary looks back at a project that may sound like a joke but had serious underpinnings. By Alissa Wilkinson Jason Statham plays a construction worker who’s as deft at ...