Unsung Science

Genealogy has been around a while. So has DNA evidence. But what if you combined the two? What if you could use DNA from... Read more

We’ve known about the placebo effects for over 200 years. That’s where doctors give you a pill containing no actual medi... Read more

In 1994, Masahiro Hara got tired of having to scan six or seven barcodes on every box of Toyota car-parts that zoomed pa... Read more

The lost OceanGate submersible has captured the world’s attention. In the summer of 2022, “CBS News Sunday Morning” corr... Read more

In his senior year of college, a monstrous ailment fell upon Doug Lindsay. His skin felt flayed. His heart raced. The ro... Read more

We’ve been shipping stuff across oceans for centuries. But until 1956, we loaded our ships in the dumbest way possible: ... Read more

The first time you heard “Star Trek” characters speak Klingon, or the “Game of Thrones” characters speaking Dothraki and... Read more

We’re overrun with plastic. It’s in our oceans, our water, our food. Something has to be done—preferably by corporations... Read more

Understandably, there is a lot going on in our lives, and we feel pulled in every direction. But trying to get everythin... Read more

After 17 years of trying to prop up their failing farm outside of London, Charlie Burrell and Isabella Tree were stresse... Read more