WEIRD HISTORY
Astronaut Ed White. NASA View 21 Images – By David Szondy 2026 Feb 15 – The Artemis II mission, which will return US astronauts to lunar space, has run into problems that have critics demanding NASA remove the crew from the flight for safety …
AI poses new safety risks to humanity. sarayut Thaneera/Moment via Getty Images – By Alnoor Ebrahim, Professor of International Business, The Fletcher School & Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University Published: 2026 Feb 13 – OpenAI, the maker of the most popular …
A new pilot brings some automated treatment decisions from Medicare Advantage to traditional Medicare. Doomu/iStock via Getty Images – By Grace Mackleby, Research scientist of Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California And by Jeff Marr, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy, and …
Leaders of Native nations and representatives of the United States have signed many treaties over the centuries, including the 1851 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux. ullstein bild via Getty Images – By Charles Prior, Professor in History, University of Birmingham Published: 2026 Feb …
The pottery fragments are some of the earliest botanical depictions ever recorded and also point to prehistoric mathematical cognition. Photos courtesy of Yosef Garfinkel View 5 Images – By Jay Kakade 2026 Feb 07 – We generally associate the origins of mathematical thinking with …
A fresco shows St. Francis speaking to the birds in the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi, Italy. Photo Beto/iStock Getty Images Plus – By Vanessa Corcoran, Adjunct Professor of History, Georgetown University Published: 2026 Feb 02 – On the 800th anniversary of the …
The vast majority of people who get measles are not vaccinated against the measles virus. Andrzej Rostek/istock via Getty Images Plus – By Alla Katsnelson, Associate Health Editor, The Conversation US Published: 2026 Feb 06 – The measles outbreak in South Carolina reached …
The findings indicate MS could have two distinct degenerative pathways, one fast and the other slow. And this knowledge could help better inform patients and doctors. Depositphotos – By Chelsea Haney 2026 Feb 04 – For decades, multiple sclerosis (MS) has been defined primarily …
Could the Earth and everything on it – and even the whole universe – be a simulation running on a giant computer? OsakaWayne Studios/Moment via Getty Images – By Zeb Rocklin, Associate Professor of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology Published: 2026 Feb 02 …
The U.S.-WHO collaboration has been critical in the country’s response to mpox, shown here, as well as Ebola, Marburg, flu and COVID-19. Uma Shankar sharma/Moment via Getty Images – By Jordan Miller, Teaching Professor of Public Health, Arizona State University Published: 2026 Jan …
