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From medieval myths to Shakespeare’s plays and modern cinema, British culture kept the Roman Empire alive long after its fall.

For centuries, vaccines have been the top life-saving, expert medical intervention known to humans. How can individuals make the right call?

For millennia, diamonds were the hardest known material, but they only rank at #7 on the current list. Can you guess which material is #1?

Long before the search for biosignatures, scientists imagined a cosmos teeming with intelligent life.

In this preview from “The Saucerian,” author Gabriel Mckee explains how the combination of fantastical stories and obscure bureaucracy launched the “space age of the imagination.”