By treating the wave of riots like a viral outbreak, they used quantitative analysis to map its spread and uncover the logic hidden within the chaos. Their conclusion is almost as striking as the ...

On one of these archipelagoes, a literary scholar named Thomas Metcalf searches through historical archives for a copy of a legendary poem, composed by a 20th-century poet, Francis Blundy, honoring ...

As time advances, science tends to progress, and medical technology improves. That’s probably no surprise to anyone. But it’s only when you physically see historical health-related contraptions that ...

She didn't stop until she collapsed from exhaustion, but returned to the dance the next day, and the day after that. Soon, ...

Two state lawmakers in the commonwealth, both Democrats, are openly autistic. They have decried the administration’s approach ...

In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel ...

While Napoleon invaded Russia, a plague killed hundreds of thousands in Istanbul. The epidemic has been completely overlooked ...