The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...

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In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei.

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Astronaut Edgar Dean Mitchell's experience in space led him to found the Institute of Noetic Sciences, which explores the science behind psychic and spiritual phenomena.

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Even though the Empress Dowager Ling’s rule was problematic and short — resulting in her assassination — she laid the foundation for other, more successful female rulers across medieval East Asia.

Disney's live-action "Snow White" remake, arriving in theaters this weekend, has been shaken by controversy after controversy since it went into production.