If it feels like you are wishing people a happy birthday more often than usual once September begins, it is not in your head.

Howorth must have been talented at promotion and publicity, because the letter that arrived in 1948—“out of the blue,” ...

The humble egg is often a symbol of fragility, but there is strength in numbers. According to, egg-based geometry may be sturdy enough to protect future generations of astronauts from the ever-growing ...

The fish, Scalicus engyceros, is a species of armored searobin, a group of fish known for weird anatomy. Their bodies are ...

These overlooked scraps of papyri (texts written on paper made from the papyrus plant) carry partial snapshots of ancient ...