The letter originally in German was later translated into English by theoretical physicist Herbert Jehle, with help from ...

Almost four years after his “I Have a Dream” speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived at a tent-in demonstration in ...

Since World War II, nonproliferation efforts have limited the number of countries with nuclear weapons. That may be about to ...

Uranium enrichment concentrates one specific type of the atom to create a substance that can generate massive amounts of ...

While it may look like a blazing red ruby, the 2.33-carat Winston Red Diamond is just that—a diamond. One of the rarest diamonds in the world, the Winston Red Diamond is on display at the Smithsonian ...

Thimerosal has long been considered safe by health agencies worldwide, with its use already limited to a few multi-dose flu ...

Paul Pope has written and drawn some of the most gorgeous comics of the twenty-first century — from “Batman: Year 100,” in ...

Alec Nevala-Lee’s biography revisits the life and career of the Nobel laureate physicist.

A federal vaccine panel, recently reshaped by US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has voted to discourage the use of flu vaccines containing ...

A federal vaccine panel recently reshaped by US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has voted to discourage the use of ...

The author of “Sapiens” says that for the first time in tens of thousands of years, humanity has competition. And it’s coming ...