Psy-Q: Does Your Horoscope Affect School Performance?
Does one's horoscope birth date impact performance in school? A look at the research.
Dispatches From the Beginning of Women’s History
The origins of Women's History Month.
“Chuck Close: Face Forward” at Weisman Art Museum
Chuck Close: Face Forward is a retrospective at The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art featuring over 70 prints of artist Chuck Close’s portraits.
Sara Plummer Lemmon: Pioneering Botanist
Botany didn’t just intrigue and entertain Sara Plummer Lemmon—it deeply affected her personal life.
Mary Anning and Other Forgotten Female Fossilists
The accomplishments of Mary Anning and other early female fossilists, geologists and natural historians
Searching for a New Species? Look in the Museum
A Doncaster museum found that an old plaster cast of an ichthyosaur was in fact a brand new species.
Magna Carta at 800
The Magna Carta's 800th birthday is this year.
Why Bias Helps News Channels—and Maybe Viewers Too
According to a 2005 paper about bias in newspapers, reporting that tries to play things straight down the middle isn't necessarily a winning move.
Horseshoe Crabs: Humans’ Surprising Health Ally
It turns out that Atlantic horseshoe crabs are vital to our health.
The Vietnam War: 50 Years (and More) Later
The fiftieth anniversary of the Vietnam War is somewhat misleading: The US had been involved in Vietnam for well over a decade already by 1965