Four different ways researchers use the virus's own structure to train our immune systems to exterminate it.

Well-researched stories from Wired, Atlas Obscura, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

Fictional detectives usually reflect conservative values. But the first "lady detective" story written by a woman broke boundaries.

In the late 1800s, doctors in German-speaking countries were having trouble agreeing on one simple thing: whether to wear gloves during surgery.

"I'm Just Wild about Harry" originated with the songwriting team of Sissle and Blake and first appeared in the Broadway musical Shuffle Along.

A very gross but extremely informative look at the archaeology of toilet hygiene.

As an outspoken lawyer, the future congresswoman defended a Black man accused of raping a white woman.

Eighteenth-century Italian noblewomen had one indispensable accessory: an extramarital lover.

In 1960 a group of jazz musicians organized an alternative to the Newport Jazz Festival, which they saw as too pop and too white.

Will I get COVID-19? Will I have a job in three months’ time? Will the shops have what I need? Research indicates that markets might not know best.