In 1768, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor in Imperial China, there was a widespread panic about sorcery and soul-stealing. At the time, men were legally required to have a specific hairstyle ...

It’s the story of two Victorians falling in love, at the same time one of them invents the vibrator. Plenty of women, certainly, are grateful to Dr. Joseph Mortimer Granville for his work circa 1880.

Peacock’s new horror thriller starring Bruce Campbell and Julia Bowen, Hysteria!, takes place in Happy Hollow, a small Michigan town shocked by the disappearance of the star high school quarterback ...

Asti Hustvedt, an editor and translator in New York City, was first drawn to the subject of hysteria while working on her doctorate in French at New York University. She aimed to write a ...

Relying on human ingenuity to coexist with a changing climate, either warmer or cooler, and tending to long-recognized public health threats are the best ways to ensure the well-being of the planet ...

Private credit losses from borrowers defaulting remain low—so has everyone just “lost their minds” and the press got “hysterical” about the risks, as Apollo Global Management Inc. Chief Executive ...