How syzygy saved the Suez ship, and how a country’s name ended up inside the word “serendipity.”

The world’s first vaccination campaign involved a ship, some pus-filled sores, and 22 orphan boys.

Let’s play a game: Guess the meaning or backstory of a word.

It all started with a falling out between two famous psychologists.

Mercury has captivated humanity for ages. But what happens when it invades a town?

And the time the U.S. government went to unthinkable lengths to pry it away.

A mind we create isn’t necessarily a mind we can control.

How an ancient belief in the mind-altering power of the moon gave us a word.