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Three out of four Russians accused of witchcraft were men.
Discovered in 1900, the Saint-Bélec slab languished unrecognized in a castle basement for over a century.
The underground burial tombs were used at least as far back as 2500 B.C.
Galaxies can have regions both hotter and colder than the background radiation of the Universe. When we talk about the depths of space, we get this picture in our heads […]
Despite a reputation for catastrophe and cat killings, curiosity is a beneficial drive that improves our lives and well-being.
From the Notre Dame to Buddhist statues, dozens of irreplaceable artifacts are destroyed every year by both man and nature.
The Swedish Academy honored the writer for his uncompromising inquiry into the lasting consequences of Africa’s colonization.
When Saint Ambrose of Milan was venerated, his life became public property, its meaning expanding with the unique interpretations of each new generation.
Released in 1972, "Ways of Seeing" has proven to be as worthy of study as the artistic traditions it investigates.
The thrills and horrors of strange heavenly bodies condensed into one attractive snapshot.
Exceptionally high-quality videos allow scientists to formally introduce a remarkable new comb jelly.
Scalars, vectors, and tensors come up all the time in science. But what are they? One of the major goals of science is to describe our reality as accurately as possible. […]
And could Earth-based life provide the seeds for biology elsewhere? Today, on Earth, there’s an enormous variety and diversity of life on our planet. Every single surviving lifeform appears, in […]
It’s all well and good to discuss how our humanity evolved – but what even is humanity?
The museum's important call to document future history.
A review of Matthew Engelke's How to Think Like an Anthropologist.
July 4th and New Years Eve are the most dangerous times for a hail of falling bullets from ‘celebratory gunfire.’ “What goes up, must come down,” is an old saying […]
The view from way out there really puts things in perspective.
The lack of tall, strong oak trees poses something of a problem for the restoration effort.
A new NASA report shakes up lunar geology.
From 4 billion miles away, it says a lot about the meaning of time.
In her book The Art of Rest, one researcher conducted a thorough analysis of the top 10 activities we find most restful.
The idea that one culture ‘owns’ a particular heritage, or that certain practices are too culturally sensitive to be talked about, may create barriers between people.
On Sept. 2, a fire spread through Rio de Janeiro’s National Museum, devouring the historic building and most of its 20 million culturally and scientifically important items. We look at nine priceless artifacts and collections likely lost in the blaze.
We can explore the farthest reaches of the Universe, but can’t even complete our own cosmic backyard. The history of astronomy has been a history of receding horizons. The invention […]
General Relativity had to be right. Here’s how we knew. What happens to light when it passes near a large mass? Does it simply continue in a straight line, undeflected from […]