1877 was a banner year for American dinosaurs: three major finds in the West turned the region into a "paleontologist's El Dorado."

The way Americans metabolized the global threat of nuclear war has had lasting effects on how we think about our newest global threat: climate change.

Two experts in bioethics have curated a reading list of over 20 JSTOR sources on selected issues like: gene-editing, research and treatment, reproduction, disability, genetics, genealogy and race.

Marie Curie was the first major woman scientist to get full credit for her scientific contributions.

For decades physicists have pursued a long-shot approach to clean power—nuclear fusion.

Fire was once thought to be a strictly human technology, but new discoveries show that Neanderthals could wield it.

Chess and artificial intelligence have been matched almost since the beginning of AI research, but now there's a new game in town. 

Pluto might not be a planet, but the results of the New Horizons mission flyby tell it is still a pretty cool place. And cold!

Alondra Nelson studies gender and black studies at the intersection of science and technology.