On April 8, a total solar eclipse will be visible in the skies above 15 U.S. states, as well as parts of Canada and Mexico. Millions of viewers within the path of totality will see eerie darkness in ...

Looking back six decades can feel like peeking into a strange alternate universe where people believed some truly bizarre things. In the 1960s, many ideas we now know are totally wrong were accepted ...

Everyone is a little weird. Believe it or not, there are several perks to being weird, according to science. Studies show that being weird or not following some social norms makes you a more creative ...

The Victorians cared deeply about health, hygiene, and self-improvement. The problem was that medical science was still evolving, and many treatments that seemed perfectly sensible in the 1800s now ...