On the persistence of a folk belief.

The quest to “conquer” influenza with a shot that could be used every year started out with high hopes, and ended up a hot mess.

The tiny winter songbirds are clever kings to the Irish. They're also fodder (literally) for post-Christmas ritual.

The carnivorous plant, native to the Carolinas, has beguiled botanists and members of the public alike since the eighteenth century.

Are they safe if they were developed so quickly? Research-backed answers to your virus questions.

Archaeologists used to dig primarily at sites that were easy to find thanks to obvious visual clues. But technology—and listening to local people—plays a bigger role now.

In 1906, physician Richard Strong's already-unethical vaccine experiment went horribly wrong. Then it was swept under the rug.

A brief history of dry ice, aka solid carbon dioxide, shows why some coronavirus vaccines will benefit from its use.

Epidemics revive old remedies and accelerate experimentation with new ones.

Researchers have a cheap, easy way for cleaning up oil spills: letting plants do the work. Why isn’t it used more often?