As a medical illustrator, Audrey Thompson appreciates the value of educating through visuals. She worked on a project this semester where she leveraged her skills to teach patients and the general ...

Talk about conspicuous consumption. The documentary Human Footprint, coming up at 9 p.m. Sunday on the National Geographic Channel, takes a look at what the average American consumes in a lifetime.

The 1851 painting by Emanuel Leutze titled “Washington Crossing the Delaware.” Ken Burns is back with “The American ...