Understanding the complex network of preceding events and their consequences is the only way to get a clearer picture of the ...

The sharp, elongated bills of green hermit hummingbirds aren’t just fine-tuned for feeding; they also allow males to joust ...

Alchemy wasn’t fringe pseudoscience—it was mainstream intellectual pursuit. Medieval scholars believed matter, spirit, and ...

“Our skipper said ‘Have you ever dived this mark? We said, ‘No, because it’s rubbish, there’s nothing there,’” Bournemouth University maritime archaeologist Tom Cousins recently told the BBC.

The Day Science Fell for One of the Most Absurd Hoaxes Ever On December 18, 1912, a group of distinguished gentlemen gathered ...

As tough as medieval chainmail armor and as soft as a contact lens. This material is not taken from science fiction, it is a ...

Unlike most Anglo-Saxon gold hoards, which are typically recovered from burial contexts alongside human remains and other grave goods, these objects were found scattered across a slope with no ...

A rare medieval box that once contained the heart of an abbot who died in 1291 has gone on display. The Heart Case of Roger ...

A previously unknown early medieval settlement has been unearthed in Suffolk during preparatory work for an offshore wind ...

In a study published today in the journal PNAS, researchers investigated over 1,000 human remains from the Nile River Valley, ...

The NCERT has released a new Grade 7 Social Science textbook, Exploring Societies: India and Beyond, which features a ...

Climate shocks from volcanic eruptions may have played a key role in triggering the Black Death plague by disrupting harvests ...