Scientists recovered sheep pox DNA from medieval parchment, helping trace a devastating livestock disease back more than 3,700 years.

Holy manuscripts preserved the genome of a plague that wiped out up to 90% of Europe’s historical sheep herds.

To modern eyes, many medieval beliefs sound unbelievable — even absurd. Illness was blamed on sin, bad air, or demonic forces ...

Discover the Baghdad House of Wisdom, a medieval hub that pioneered modern science, mathematics, and medicine. Explore its ...

That wellness hack you just saw on TikTok? There’s a good chance medieval healers were using it a thousand years ago. A sweeping new study of Dark Ages medical manuscripts reveals that people in ...

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The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals. Researchers identified its more distant origin. By Jack Tamisiea Medieval scribes ...

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At the Orlando Science Center, history and physics collide as catapults launch lessons in energy, engineering, and design. First Warning Meteorologist Marquise Meda joined Zach at the center to ...

King Arthur’s lasting renown is one for the books. But a statistical spotlight now shines on medieval European literature’s round table of lost and forgotten stories. An international team used a ...