History

Drunk intestines; speedy pigeons

Archaeologists say the ornate ruins of Nero’s theater were found near the Vatican at a site earmarked for a luxury hotel

Floy Agnes Lee came to Los Alamos, N.M., in 1945 knowing nothing of the top secret work on the atomic bomb happening all around her—but she studied the blood of the researchers who did

The top-secret Manhattan Project resulted in the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945

Here’s what a historian who has studied J. Robert Oppenheimer for two decades has to say about the new Christopher Nolan film on the father of the atomic bomb.

The Manhattan Project wouldn’t have been possible without the work of many accomplished female scientists

Crater mystery explained; Bunsen’s burner

A new study reveals why handmade fermentation vessels called onggi stand the test of time

The Comstock Act is part of a federal case over access to abortion pills. A historical science-fiction writer weighs in on the legacy of 19th-century prudishness

The genome of the 1920s Siberian husky Balto suggests that greater genetic diversity and less inbreeding contribute to better health

The first timekeeping devices were probably natural materials lost to the ages, but the ancient Egyptians were the first to leave records of their timekeeping methods

Two of the foremost experts on witch hunts talk about the link between the formation of domestic labor and the rise of witch hunting.