This article discusses what International Women's Day means, particularly to women in Africa. Learn about the history and traditions of this holiday celebrated on March 8th.

What is love? How can we define it? There are no secrets or ready-made recipes for love. As Aldous Huxley put it: There is not any formula or method. You learn to love by loving.

A look at the the new alternative to charity, social business. How and why it works so well.

Dream analysis dates to the ancient world. In Egypt dreams were messages from the gods, interpreted by priests. The Greeks had a similar practice. There were temples where priests would try to heal people based on health dreams sent by the gods. That was really not so different from modern psychoanalysts who try to help people determine their mental state as revealed in their dreams.

The conception of birthstones can be traced back to the first century. It was believed that gemstones possessed virtues or cures. By assigning a specific gemstone to each month of the year, the power of that stone was released to those born in that month. In the early 1900s, the American National Association of Jewelers instituted a list of 12 gems that represented each month of the year:

An article about how different civilizations at different times in the past have contributed to the advancement of road building.

How can you bring a little African culture into your Christmas celebration? We'll tell you how, and you'll also learn the amazing different ways Christmas is celebrated throughout Africa.

Archaeologists and scientists are unearthing more artifacts of our history in excavations.

Fire damage is one of the most unpleasant things you could experience and the very thought of it flashes a lot of uncomfortable pictures. The condition is even worse for those who had a firsthand experience in dealing with fire damage and in this case the fire accident keeps haunting you and many nights you would wake up jolted by the nightmare.

We're all familiar with reels as tools, whether we're talking about fishing reels, hose reels for fire fighting, or demo reels in the world of filmmaking or video art. But one use of the word "reel" that many of us have forgotten about is the tradition of the reel in dancing--one of the four basic dances of the mysterious highlands of Scotland.