A once-abundant staple crop is being rescued from a 1,500 year extinction.

Survivors have lower-than-expected levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

The precise source of the blue-like biblical color t’khelet is one of Judaism’s oldest mysteries. Has science discovered the secret—by accident? 

Through facile explanations of the material origins of human thought, an intolerant pseudoscience aims to debunk all art, culture, and religion.

The 19th-century commentator known as the Malbim provides a template for how traditional biblical interpretation can adapt to scientific discovery.