History

Lost in today’s misinformation fights is the recognition that modern conspiracy theories spring from excesses of state secrecy

Curious dinosaur eggs discovered; element 72 named

Changes in the climate may have caused disruptions to Roman society that manifested as disease outbreaks, researchers have found

Ancient DNA recovered from Brazilian remains shows that syphilis and other treponemal diseases originated some 10,000 years earlier than previously thought

The ancestral Maya lived in better harmony with the environment and kept water clean naturally. We can learn from them

Sleep potion; top speed limits

The holiday fruitcake is a timeless dessert—literally

“Woolly dogs” that were kept by the Coast Salish peoples are now extinct, but researchers were able to see their importance written in the genome of the only known pelt

Black hole sun; the deepest mine

These historical forgeries show what makes misinformation so successful

Massive buried structures at Gunung Padang in Indonesia have been described as much older than Egypt’s great pyramids in a new study, but some doubt they’re even human constructions

The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara peoples are learning more about the missiles siloed on their lands, and that knowledge has put the preservation of their culture and heritage in even starker relief.