Maybe rats didn’t spread the Black Death after all, new evidence suggests
The Black Death ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1353, killing millions. Plague outbreaks in Europe...
The war on drugs didn’t work. Oregon’s plan might.
Criminalizing drugs didn't work the way we thought it would—or did it? (PopSci/)A tall white...
Betelgeuse went dark, but didn’t go supernova. What happened?
Astrophysicist Miguel Montargès has a clear memory of the moment the stars became real places...
Dinosaurs may have evolved into birds, but early flights didn’t go so well
A reconstruction of Ambopteryx in a glide. (Gabriel Ugueto /)About 160 million years ago, two...