Historians are working to shine a light on Alice Ball’s legacy and contributions to an early treatment of a dangerous and stigmatizing disease.

Medieval scholars connected celestial events to changes that happened on the ground, such as the overthrow of the king.

In medieval and Renaissance times, eclipses they were omens, predictors of the future, and windows into the workings of the universe.

The majority of U.S. jobs are in occupations that have emerged since 1940, MIT research finds — telling us much about the ways jobs are created and lost.

Combing through 35,000 job categories in U.S. census data, economists found a new way to quantify technology’s effects on job loss and creation.

A historian argues we need to "take responsibility for what humanity is becoming," rather than looking to prehistory for answers.

I’m hunting for the woman whose use of an early chatbot turned the inventor against his creation.

Scientists have scanned thousands of natural history specimens, including birds, snakes, and even a whale. You can see them online for free.