The 'Malleus Maleficarum,' a medieval handbook, was used to try and execute supposed witches. Its influence lasted for centuries – including at the Salem Witch Trials. Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe ...

The malleus is a hammer-shaped bone in the middle ear. It is also known as the “hammer” or “mallet" and is the largest of three small bones in this part of the ear. (Malleus in Latin means "hammer.") ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? The idea of witches had been present in folklore all the way back to the time of the ...

It was also dangerous to talk to yourself, to be a pet owner or, especially, to be a woman. If you had or were any of those things at the time of the Salem Witch Trials, there was a chance you could ...

Invention of printing press, influence of nearby cities created perfect conditions for social contagion.

As Stephen Jay Gould once put it, we have an earful of jaw. The small, sound-conducting bones of our inner ears – the incus, malleus, and stapes – got their start as jaw bones in our distant ancestors ...