The unfamiliar landscape of America's medical past is marked by bizarre incidents, forgotten breakthroughs and selfless sacrifice.
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The ten greatest ideas in science form the bedrock of modern biology, chemistry, and physics. Everyone should be familiar with them.
Parenting could be a distraction from what mattered most to him: his writing.
The visual languages of comics and graphic novels are great exercise for developing brains.
How can you "touch the Sun" if you've always been inside the solar corona, yet will never reach the Sun's photosphere?
A few traditions in the Roman Catholic Church can be traced back to pagan cults, rites, and deities.
Americans lose an estimated 321 million work days every year due to anxiety and depression.
Want to tell someone's future in the US? You don't need a crystal ball, just their zip code.
Of all the injustices in Nobel Prize history, her 1957 Nobel snub is the most egregious. One of the biggest scientific revolutions of the 20th century was the discovery of […]
To get a sense of faraway places, these 'atlases' let the locals give you their perspective.
Edinburgh University project geo-locates victims of Scottish 'witch-prickers' in the 16th and 17th century.
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Astronomy’s enduring quest is to go farther, fainter, and more detailed than ever before. Here’s the edge of the cosmic frontier. Astronomers have always sought to push back the viewable […]
Many deserving potential awardees were snubbed by the Nobel committee. But this takes the cake. Every October, the Nobel foundation awards prizes celebrating the greatest advances in numerous scientific fields. Alfred […]
Just because you don't believe in God doesn't mean you aren't superstitious.
Celebrity scientists like Donna Strickland are showing that science & faith co-exist just fine.
Few realize that the US was once "ruled" by a beloved monarch from San Francisco.
If fair treatment for all is something that’s important to you, here’s how you can help level an uneven playing field. In some ways, it’s true that life isn’t fair for […]
Sobering accounts from one of the most pivotal battles in world history.
Globally 72 percent of scientific researchers are men. But there are some exceptions.
Many of the world's favorite records weren't really recorded by the artist on the label.
The world of particle physics sure does have surprises, even for the most educated of physicists out there. If you ever take a visit to the physical site of CERN, where […]
If you think nothing can move faster than light, check out this clever way to defeat that limit. Nothing can move faster than the speed of light. When Einstein set forth […]
Barbara J. King on animal emotions, anthropomorphism, and the future of the planet.
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What explains our propensity to blame the victim, even in cases of sexual assault and rape? A true story of sexual crime in America reveals some key misunderstandings we may all hold.
Truth is, dinosaurs aren’t as distinct as you may think, but to find out why, we first have to consider how we got the term “dinosaur.”