History

Ancient Egyptian mummies reveal what diseases afflicted people in the great civilization, as well as the protective role the Nile could play

A rare Islamic astrolabe discovered in Verona, Italy, reveals how the instrument passed through different countries and cultures

Chromosome cats; Louis Pasteur, master brewer

Hashish addiction; a pension for Madame Curie

Paleontology is rife with fake fossils that are made to cash in on illegal trade but end up interfering with science

Without adding an extra day to February every four years, our calendar would get increasingly out of sync with the cosmos

The origin of the decimal point, a powerful calculation tool, has been traced back to a mathematician who lived during the Italian Renaissance

Lost in today’s misinformation fights is the recognition that modern conspiracy theories spring from excesses of state secrecy

Curious dinosaur eggs discovered; element 72 named

Changes in the climate may have caused disruptions to Roman society that manifested as disease outbreaks, researchers have found

Ancient DNA recovered from Brazilian remains shows that syphilis and other treponemal diseases originated some 10,000 years earlier than previously thought

The ancestral Maya lived in better harmony with the environment and kept water clean naturally. We can learn from them