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On a recent bus ride from Granada to Madrid, I witnessed the power of Superman. A squirmy young Spanish boy was seated next to his mother, who was trying to have a conversation in fractured English and Spanish with a young American man seated next to…

Despite creating (rather infamously) its own religion over 400 years ago, England has seen a decrease in religiosity among its population. In January, the Church of England’s weekly attendance fell below one million for the first time. Statistics…

In 79 CE, the Roman city of Pompeii was buried in volcanic ash. Thousands died with looks of terror frozen on their faces. Writer Pliny the Younger survived the blast from a distance and recorded the volcanic carnage in such detail that eruptions…