The rise and fall of the iconic sandwich has paralleled changes in Americans' economic conditions.

The disgust response acts as a behavioral immune system, protecting us from disease, but produces strong reactions to perceived out-groups.

"Big bug movies" of the 1950s have been interpreted as projections of nuclear anxieties. But what if they were about...actual fear of bugs?

The government funded beach construction for private developers, which displaced Black farmers from their coastal lands.

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The public's focus eventually turned away from the 2010 disaster. Scientists, however, are still learning the scale of the devastation.

Historical patterns of parasitic infection show up differently depending on the class status of a neighborhood.

Maritime workers who were basically kidnapped into the British Royal Navy were a key force in the War of Independence.

A government-funded group called the Writers' War Board got writers and illustrators to portray the United States positively—and its enemies as evil.

The blood of western fence lizards has the ability to neutralize Lyme disease in ticks—so why aren’t scientists bottling it to sell at the grocery store?