A team of researchers from the British Museum, led by Diego Tamburini, recently examined the tablet fragments using advanced ...

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From demon to danger noodle, human ideas about snakes can be as contradictory as the creatures themselves. In Slither, Stephen S. Hall challenges our serpent stereotypes.

A scientific discovery has pointed towards Tutankhamun’s possible cause of death, 100 years after his tomb's discovery.

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Global female trailblazers in technology, innovation, and investment are set to take to the stage next month for the third ...

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S piders have a reputation for being cunning – just look at the Ghanaian folktale Anansi. Now, research suggests that a ...

Both parents, Mommy and Abrazzo, are thought to be around 100 years old, making the tortoises two of the zoo’s oldest ...