History & Society

The 1918 Pandemic Mistake That Changed Medicine Forever — National Geographic

The History of the Forgotten Pandemic — Yale Insights

A Living Library Filled With Killer Bacteria — New York Times

Why American Kids Have Been Going to Soviet Sleepaway Camp — Atlas Obscura

Hate Groups Love Ancient Greece and Rome. Scholars Are Pushing Back — Undark

Why Physicists Tried to Put a Ferret in a Particle Accelerator — Atlas Obscura

6 Priceless Documents That Reveal Key Moments Early in Einstein’s Career — Mental Floss

2015 Ig Nobel Prize Winners Announced, Chicken With Stick Tied to Its Rump Rejoices — Mental Floss

What Is Trypophobia? And Is It Real? — Mental Floss

Seeking Art in Science (photo gallery) —Time