However, very little was known about the genetic history of the sheeppox virus. That’s why L’Hôte et al. turned to analyzing ...

That wellness hack you just saw on TikTok? There’s a good chance medieval healers were using it a thousand years ago. A sweeping new study of Dark Ages medical manuscripts reveals that people in ...

To modern eyes, many medieval beliefs sound unbelievable — even absurd. Illness was blamed on sin, bad air, or demonic forces rather than bacteria. Bloodletting was prescribed as a cure for everything ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals. Researchers identified its more distant origin. By Jack Tamisiea Medieval scribes ...

What type of images comes to mind when you think of medieval art? Knights and ladies? Biblical scenes? Cathedrals? It’s probably not some unfortunate man in the throes of vomiting. It might surprise ...

At the Orlando Science Center, history and physics collide as catapults launch lessons in energy, engineering, and design. First Warning Meteorologist Marquise Meda joined Zach at the center to ...