Louis Pasteur’s breakthrough discoveries unlocked the world of microscopic organisms that live inside our bodies.

In "So Very Small," author Thomas Levenson recounts the complex history of how humans came to discover germs and the ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will be suspending its oversight of the labs that conduct safety and ...

Infections can change the trajectory of a life – and not always in for the worse. Patsy Cline, the celebrated country music ...

Except when we fly, or see rockets and missiles, we mostly ignore the air we breathe. But when the air becomes poisoned with pathogens, then we care about this invisible cocktail and actions we take ...

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They are typically artifacts from within the last century that get misplaced for a few decades. This book in particular was donated by a family with close ties to the surgeon who anatomized Corder ...

Signed and dated 1806, the portrait depicts the playwright and administrator Jean-Louis Brousse-Desfaucherets, who had many works performed during the revolutionary period in France. The painting will ...

An intriguing portrait of a black man in the uniform of a military bandsman and wearing a Waterloo medal drew strong competition after emerging at an auction in East Sussex.

He has an unusual fascination with two obscure 19th-century presidents — James K. Polk and William McKinley. Both championed what many consider outdated policies that Trump is now trying to ...

In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, when Britain launched a military ...

In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, when Britain launched a ...