It’s the 80th anniversary of the Dutch Hongerwinter during World War II, which led to widespread starvation, and an inadvertent... more

After 40 years of studying snakes, Karl Schmidt finally suffered his first bite. And when he did, he kept a... more

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In refusing to approve the drug thalidomide, FDA scientist Frances Oldham Kelsey spared thousands of babies from deadly birth defects... more

Japanese physicist Fusa Miyake has sparked a revolution in archaeology by studying radioactive tree rings—work that also terrifies astronomers, who... more

A woman who drowned in Paris became one of the most famous faces in the world as the model for... more

In the early 1800s, the first Egyptian mummies in Europe served as a crucial test for evolution—a test that, according... more

In the 1800s, mummies found their way into everything from fertilizer to food, and were especially prized as medicine. Mummymania... more

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