What is taxonomy? By Michael Dhar Taxonomy is the science of naming, defining and classifying organisms into evolutionarily related groups. It gives biologists a common language.
The Congo River Basin: Home of the deepest river in the world By Holly Secon The Congo River is a long, arcing river in West-Central Africa, featuring a rainforest and providing food and transport for 75 million people.
What is chemistry? By Alane Lim Chemistry is the study of matter, its properties, how and why substances combine or separate to form other substances, and how substances interact with energy.
Albatrosses: Facts about the biggest flying birds By Rachel Kaufman Albatrosses are big, majestic birds found soaring above most of the world’s oceans.
What are antibodies? By Tia Ghose These Y-shaped molecules can precisely target and neutralize viruses, bacteria and other foreign invaders.
Mummification: The lost art of embalming the dead By Tom Garlinghouse Mummification, or the process of preserving the dead, was once a widespread practice among many ancient societies.
What is herd immunity? By Joshua A. Krisch Scientists use herd immunity to describe the point at which a population is sufficiently immune to a disease to prevent its circulation.
The solar system: Facts about our cosmic neighborhood By Sarah Wild Take a journey through our solar system.
The Arctic Circle: Polar portal to the Arctic By Tiffany Means Located about 66.5 degrees north of the Equator lies the Arctic Circle — a line of latitude that outlines the border of Earth's northernmost region known as the Arctic.
What is the Dunning-Kruger effect? By Greg Uyeno When we don't know enough to know what we don't know.
The US Constitution: Facts about the country's founding document By Tom Garner, All About History Written over 200 years ago, the Constitution is a legal document of Articles and Amendments that form the foundation of the federal government, state authority and citizen rights.
Why the British were doomed from the get-go in the American Revolutionary War By David Smith, History of War magazine Poor planning and a lack of cooperation meant British strategy was destined to fail during the American Revolution.
What is Juneteenth? By Mindy Weisberger The American holiday Juneteenth is observed on June 19 and is also known as Emancipation Day and Black Independence Day.
Who created the polio vaccine? By Kimberly Hickok In the early 1950s, Dr. Jonas Salk and Dr. Albert Sabin each found a way to protect the world from poliomyelitis, the paralysis-causing disease commonly known as polio. Here's how they did it.
Plague doctors: Separating medical myths from facts By Winston Black, All About History These spooky costumes may have been worn by some early modern physicians to ward off infection, but the history of plague medicine goes back much further.
Walter Raleigh's bloody quest for El Dorado By All About History, Mathew Lyons The Tudor explorer risked everything in his obsessive hunt for gold and glory.
VE Day: The end of World War II in Europe By Callum McKelvie, All About History On May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II in Europe and triggering huge celebrations around the world.
Welcome to Armageddon: Meet the city behind the biblical story By Owen Jarus Megiddo, a place known in the Book of Revelation as "Armageddon," was occupied between roughly 7000–300 B.C. A prophecy states that in the end times a final battle will be fought near this site.
