The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 was a global catastrophe that is estimated to have killed between 40 and 50 million people.

This is the first in a series of columns by Genealogy Roadshow host Josh Taylor about doing genealogical research on JSTOR.

A year after a potentially fatal setback, a rejuvenated Kepler telescope discovered the first exoplanet (outside the solar system) of its new mission.

In a scene straight out of science fiction, a student in Washington lifted another student’s hand—with a thought.