History The Soviets sent most of its intellectuals to remote gulags. Decades later, those areas became more prosperous January 8, 2025
Environment Ancient Rome’s lead air pollution may have dropped average IQ by up to 3 points January 7, 2025
Agriculture Ducks in the Amazon: Pre-Colonial Societies Mastered Complex Agriculture December 23, 2024 - Updated on December 26, 2024
History How a 1932 Movie Lawsuit Changed Hollywood Forever and Made Disclaimers a Thing December 19, 2024 - Updated on January 7, 2025
History In 1911, Einstein wrote a letter to Marie Curie, telling her to ignore the haters December 2, 2024
Climate NASA accidentally rediscovers forgotten doomsday Cold War base in Greenland November 27, 2024
History These 5,000-year-old seals might have paved the way for the invention of writing (and the birth of history) November 5, 2024
Archaeology The wheel may have been invented in the Carpathian Mountains 6,000 years ago by miners October 23, 2024
Archaeology These three Viking women elongated their skulls, and some men filed their teeth. But why? September 20, 2024
Archaeology Even archaeologists don’t know which animal this Viking toy represents September 13, 2024
Archaeology Cocaine Found in 17th-century European Brains, 200 Years Earlier Than Thought August 28, 2024
Book Reviews The Rise and Fall of Civilizations: What the Bronze Age Collapse Teaches Us About Today August 14, 2024
History Ancient Scythians made leather out of the skin of their enemies, validating Herodotus’ incredible accounts August 2, 2024
Anthropology Archaeologists unearth 500-year-old skeletons of Inca toddlers with smallpox July 3, 2024
Archaeology Archaeologists find 29 bottles of 250-year-old cherries and berries in George Washington’s cellar June 24, 2024
Discoveries Oldest known words have survived 15,000 years. They include “mother”, “not” and “to spit” June 7, 2024
Archaeology Ancient 3,500-year-old Mycenaean armor tested in epic combat simulation shows Homer’s Iliad wasn’t just a fantasy story after all May 22, 2024
Anthropology What did Neanderthal language sound like? They probably didn’t use metaphors May 22, 2024
Anthropology 3,200-year-old Mesopotamian tablets of Assyrian warriors haunted by ghosts document the earliest known cases of PTSD May 21, 2024
Archaeology The Maya blessed their ballcourts using chili peppers and hallucinogenic plants. But why? May 14, 2024
Archaeology Ancient ‘curse scrolls’ unearthed in luxurious 1,800-year-old Roman villa in the UK April 11, 2024
History Science decyphers Ptolemy manual for an ancient astronomical device hidden beneath another text for centuries April 8, 2024
History History books are wrong about British industrialization. It started way earlier April 5, 2024
Archaeology Researchers find 4,000-year-old lipstick — and it comes in the coolest packaging March 8, 2024
History How a computer analyst deciphered a 140-year-old mysterious coded telegraph from a dress pocket February 8, 2024
Archaeology This 10,000-year-old chewing gum shows Stone Age teens had bad oral health February 7, 2024
Health Was Alzheimer’s almost nonexistent in Greek and Roman times? Why this devastating disease may be a modern plague February 2, 2024
Archaeology The Cerne Abbas Giant May Be Hercules — and medieval troops used to rally around it January 26, 2024
Archaeology Ancient Roman bullet with Julius Caesar’s name on it stuns archaeologists January 16, 2024
Archaeology Hidden temple under parking lot redefines the Roman Empire’s transition to Christianity January 10, 2024
History An old book written by a monk revealed the story of an unknown earthquake in Italy November 3, 2023
Archaeology Ancient Viking runestones suggest Bluetooth’s mom was a big deal October 13, 2023 - Updated on October 19, 2023
