How a Lost Apollo Rocket Returned to Earth
An amateur astronomer’s discovery kicked off a Space Age detective story. ...read more
Author: Vishay Singh
Some Types of Coronavirus Only Cause Colds — What Makes This New Virus Different?
Odds are, you’ll get a normal cold from at least one of four kinds of coronavirus varieties in your life. ...read more
A Psychologist Explains How to Cope With Video Chat When You’re Socially Anxious
Zooming is all the rage, and that’s causing social anxiety to rear its ugly head among some people. ...read more
The Science Books We’re Reading in Summer 2020
No matter how you spend your summer, you'll need a good book to keep you company. ...read more
When Did Homo Sapiens First Appear?
Determining when the first modern human emerged on the scene is tricky. ...read more
5 Skulls That Shook Up the Story of Human Evolution
Skull finds can change the way we think about human origins — but often not without controversy. ...read more
20 Things You Didn’t Know About Horses
Horses were domesticated some 5,000 years ago and have played a pivotal role in human history ever since. ...read more
History’s Most Deadly Pandemics, From the Antonine Plague to COVID-19
How COVID-19 stacks up against other historic pandemics. ...read more
Sporadic Fainting Sends a Woman to the Hospital. What’s Causing Her Lights to Go Out?
A woman keeps passing out, and no one can figure out why. ...read more
That Word You Heard: Troglomorphism
Adapted for a life in total darkness. ...read more