Newly displayed 1,300-year-old doodles suggest that medieval monastic life wasn’t all about solemn chants and holy scripture.

Google celebrated the life and legacy of scientist Stephen Hawking in a Google Doodle for what would have been his 80th birthday on Jan. 8, 2022. (Image credit: Google) ...

With the 2018 Geminids set to peak Thursday night, the slideshow doodle traces the meteor shower's journey from the sun. ... Our science-backed advice will help you sleep well every night.

Other recent Google Doodles include artwork celebrating opera singer Montserrat Caballé on April 12 and an animated slideshow for International Women's Day 2022 on March 8. Read More Earth Day ...

Google uses its Doodles -- often done as little animations, videos or games -- to honor all sorts of events, people and places, from Native American comedian Charlie Hill to Route 66.

Hawking's blackboard is filled with doodles, in-jokes and half-finished equations scrawled by friends and fellow physicists in 1980. (Image credit: Isidora Bojovic/Science Museum Group) ...