In the 14th century, power in Europe was largely in the hands of the aristocracy. Surprisingly, one-fifth of the rulers were ...

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The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander lent his prodigious talents to pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, and cosmology.

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Historical texts that mentioned details about the battle site helped researchers match the images to the lost town of ...

An international team of scientists has made a major breakthrough in understanding how and when the Sun formed about 4.6 ...