This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. On a spring day in 1480, Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia ordered various astrologers to his home in Rome to ...

This story appears in the June 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Thomas Edison liked ... 10 of the most meaningful advances in history—the inventions and innovations responsible ...

Drugs and improved public hygiene—in conjunction with international institutions such as the World Health Organization and national bodies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...