Articles by Natalie Zarrelli

Alien and conspiracy fans want to believe.

Amid the flowery celebrations of May 1st, it's time to remember May Day's social revolutionary past.

This sharp-clawed scavenger might be the key to future search and rescue efforts.

Weasels love to chew, and apparently mess with science.

The twisted tale of Polybius, the world's most dangerous video game.

Scientists argued for 90 years about the animal's freaky looks.

Then Prohibition ended, and the closet was born.

How a one-time beer garden became an immigration hub.

The English language is the ultimate code-switcher, gaining multiple personalities when it travels.

The 30-year partnership between convents and brain researchers has been unexpectedly rewarding.

Oyster middens were everywhere for thousands of years, until suddenly they weren't.

According to blood type personality theory, type O's are selfish warriors, and type B's are passionate nomads.

Teams of female scientists made critical breakthroughs in astronomy and mathematics–but it was decades before they'd get credit for them.